Prosecutors on Thursday morning asked a Criminal Court jury to find drug dealer Terrence Dewayne Lewis guilty of first-degree murder in the slaying of 20-year-old UTC student Evan Derry.
The jury in the courtroom of Judge Barry Steelman was deliberating in the trial that started last Friday.
Prosecutors acknowledged that the victim was at the scene at N. Bishop Drive on a drug deal in the Dec. 28, 2017, incident. With him was Baxter McCurry, who was owed a large amount of money by Lewis.
McCurry was later killed in a motorcycle wreck, but the state played his initial interview with police as well as two court appearances.
Defense attorney Josh Weiss said there were gaps ... (click for more)