Tyrone N. Butts
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Teen found not guilty of murder in 2nd trial
Photo of 300lb teen mammy, drug dealing ,murdering, negress at link.
A Jackson teenager accused of the 2001 killing of a Brandon man to whom she had sold drugs was acquitted of murder Wednesday.
Crescentia O'Quinn, 17, hugged assistant public defender Brenda Jackson, one of her attorneys, after Hinds County Circuit Judge Swan Yerger read the verdict. O'Quinn didn't speak as she left court with Jackson and her family.
She was accused of luring Robert Fields Jr., 35, to a
parking lot on Gallatin Street, where she shot and killed him July 1, 2001. O'Quinn, then 14 and three months pregnant, said she shot Fields after she saw him with a gun as she approached the car he was
driving.
Jurors deliberated three hours. Yerger im
mediately dismissed them and wouldn't allow anyone else out of the courtroom until jurors had left the building.
O'Quinn's father, Charles Love, wept and wiped tears as the jurors left the courtroom.
"We'll just praise the Lord," he said.
Fields' relatives quickly left court after jurors were dismissed. His sister, Tammy Fields, couldn't be reached.
It was O'Quinn's second trial. Her October trial ended in a hung jury.
Jurors after the first trial said at least 10 of them believed O'Quinn's story of self-defense against Fields. Despite jurors' opinion at that first trial, Assistant District Attorney Philip Weinberg said he was compelled to retry O'
Quinn. "I think it was murder," he said. He wouldn't discuss Wednesday's verdict, but said, "the jury spoke."
Public Defender Tom Fortner said he thinks the fact F
ield
s was holding a loaded gun when his body was found had an impact on the jury.
"It was a real tragic occurrence," he said. "I feel sorry for Mr. Field
s and his family."
O'Quinn testified Fields had threatened to kill her hours before the shooting, accusing her of selling him drugs of poor quality. He told her he wanted back the $15 he paid, or more drugs, O'Quinn said.
She later met with Fields to tell him she needed more time to get what he wanted, she said. O'Quinn pulled a gun out of her back pocket and shot Fields in the back of the neck after she said she saw him reach for his gun.
O'Quinn testified she didn't know she hit Fields until police came looking for her the next day.
During closing arguments, Jackson told jurors
Fields didn't fear O'Quinn because he had put a gun to her head earlier.
"He could look at her and tell she was a child," Jackson said. "He wasn't scared o
f her at
all. He was angry with her. He planned to murder her."
Weinberg argued O'Quinn planned to kill Fields. She's the one who told Fields where and when to meet her, Weinberg said.
"When you shoot someone in the head, you
plan to kill them," he said. "She capped him before he could make a move. She's a 14-year-old killer. She was a 14-year-old drug dealer."
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And she's a n-gger too, let's not forget that!
T.N.B.
Teen found not guilty of murder in 2nd trial
Photo of 300lb teen mammy, drug dealing ,murdering, negress at link.
A Jackson teenager accused of the 2001 killing of a Brandon man to whom she had sold drugs was acquitted of murder Wednesday.
Crescentia O'Quinn, 17, hugged assistant public defender Brenda Jackson, one of her attorneys, after Hinds County Circuit Judge Swan Yerger read the verdict. O'Quinn didn't speak as she left court with Jackson and her family.
She was accused of luring Robert Fields Jr., 35, to a
parking lot on Gallatin Street, where she shot and killed him July 1, 2001. O'Quinn, then 14 and three months pregnant, said she shot Fields after she saw him with a gun as she approached the car he was
driving.
Jurors deliberated three hours. Yerger im
mediately dismissed them and wouldn't allow anyone else out of the courtroom until jurors had left the building.
O'Quinn's father, Charles Love, wept and wiped tears as the jurors left the courtroom.
"We'll just praise the Lord," he said.
Fields' relatives quickly left court after jurors were dismissed. His sister, Tammy Fields, couldn't be reached.
It was O'Quinn's second trial. Her October trial ended in a hung jury.
Jurors after the first trial said at least 10 of them believed O'Quinn's story of self-defense against Fields. Despite jurors' opinion at that first trial, Assistant District Attorney Philip Weinberg said he was compelled to retry O'
Quinn. "I think it was murder," he said. He wouldn't discuss Wednesday's verdict, but said, "the jury spoke."
Public Defender Tom Fortner said he thinks the fact F
ield
s was holding a loaded gun when his body was found had an impact on the jury.
"It was a real tragic occurrence," he said. "I feel sorry for Mr. Field
s and his family."
O'Quinn testified Fields had threatened to kill her hours before the shooting, accusing her of selling him drugs of poor quality. He told her he wanted back the $15 he paid, or more drugs, O'Quinn said.
She later met with Fields to tell him she needed more time to get what he wanted, she said. O'Quinn pulled a gun out of her back pocket and shot Fields in the back of the neck after she said she saw him reach for his gun.
O'Quinn testified she didn't know she hit Fields until police came looking for her the next day.
During closing arguments, Jackson told jurors
Fields didn't fear O'Quinn because he had put a gun to her head earlier.
"He could look at her and tell she was a child," Jackson said. "He wasn't scared o
f her at
all. He was angry with her. He planned to murder her."
Weinberg argued O'Quinn planned to kill Fields. She's the one who told Fields where and when to meet her, Weinberg said.
"When you shoot someone in the head, you
plan to kill them," he said. "She capped him before he could make a move. She's a 14-year-old killer. She was a 14-year-old drug dealer."
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And she's a n-gger too, let's not forget that!
T.N.B.