ROBERT MCCOY had a plan. Facing murder charges in the deaths of his estranged wife’s mother, stepfather and teenaged son in Louisiana, Mr McCoy claimed he was out of town in Houston, Texas when the three were slain. All the evidence of Mr McCoy’s guilt—a Walmart receipt for bullets; the murder weapon; a 911 call from one of the victims pleading with “Robert”; a white Kia getaway car—had been planted by vindictive police officers, the story went. The police were out for revenge, Mr McCoy explained, because he had accused some members of the department of trafficking drugs.
This did not persuade Mr McCoy’s public defenders, so he decided, for a time, to go it alone. But soon the defendant thought better of it and hired a family acquaintance to represent him. The new advocate, Larry English (pictured), found the innocence fable no more credible, but Mr McCoy was no less adamant. After repeatedly clashing with his client, Mr English told him his legal strategy would be to save him from execution, not to get him off scot-free....Continue reading
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