Friday, July 21, 2006

Nacogdoches County, Texas

From the Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel of July 20, 2006
Jury acquits man of murder after dramatic trial

A Nacogdoches County jury needed only 10 minutes to acquit Kingtown resident David Redden, 64, of murder charges Thursday following a dramatic four-day trial.

At the trial's theatrical climax, the state's lead witness confessed to perjury Wednesday after the defense team charged that she tampered with evidence at the crime scene, minutes after she testified otherwise.

Redden's attorneys, John Heath Sr. and John Heath Jr., said the arrest of Rosie King, 44, of Galveston, for aggravated perjury represented the turning point of the case.

"Her lie tricked the police from the minute this investigation started," Heath Jr. said.

Redden stood accused of shooting Houston resident Paul Wheeless, 52, Jan. 23, 2004 after Wheeless had arrived on Redden's property to give King a ride to Houston. King had been renting a mobile home from Redden for the previous four months.

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