Hearings scheduled in capital murder case

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Four men who were arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred on the Southern Arkansas University campus on Aug. 11 will face court hearings this week.

Odies Wilson, Shaivonn Anthony Robinson, Quincy Isiah Lewis and Le'Kamerin Vaunye Tolbert are all charged with capital murder and first-degree battery with a firearm enhancement enhancement. Each is to be tried as an individual.

Wilson's attorney, Ronald L. Davis Jr., said on Nov. 5 that he would be filing a battery of motions to waive the death penalty in his client's case by challenging the Constitutionality of the death penalty as an option. Wilson was scheduled to make an appearance for a bond hearing on Dec. 3 but the hearing was postponed.

The other three defendants have been issued public defense attorneys; Robinson's attorney is listed on the court docket as K. Streett, Lewis' as J. Harrelson and Tolbert as R. Golden.

The four defendants were denied bond in an Aug. 17 hearing and are all currently being held in the Columbia County Jail.

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