Testimony: The Brenton Butler Murder Case

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On May 7, 2000, Brenton Butler (15 year old African males) left his home seeking gainful employment at Blockbuster thought it would be just a not Sunday morning. However, on the other side of town at the Mary Ann and James Stephens were leaving the Ramada Inn after having breakfast. The couple came to Jacksonville Florida to vacation, but Mr. Stephen’s never thought this would be the last time day he would spend with his wife. An African American male between the ages of 20-25 approach the couple demanding Mrs. Stephens to give him her purse. Mrs. Stephens, 65, through her cup of coffee on the assailant, within second the gun goes off shoot Mrs. Stephens in the face, as the African American male runs off with her purse (Murder on Sunday Morning, …show more content…
He stated that Glover stated to him that there was an easy and a hard way to this situation. When Butler told him that he did not kill Mrs. Stephen, Glover stated “It’s niggers like you that make me mad” (Murder on Sunday Morning, 2001). Later the defectives took him to the wood where the weapon was supposed to have been thrown. Butler stated that Glover escorted him deep into the woods out of sight of the other detectives. Butler stated in his testimony that Glover punched him three times in his stomach knocking him to his knees as he cried stating “I didn’t kill her.” Additionally, Glover last hit was to Butler face causing him to stumble backwards (Murder on Sunday Morning, 2001). Butler also mentions that Detective Darnell wrote his statement forcing him to sign it.” During the trail the Mary Ann’s purse was found by a man collecting in a dumpster on Main Street. The purse was covered in blood with all credit cards inside, as well as two envelops with more than $1,000 in each. When on the stand, the gentleman who found the purse of Mrs. Stephens stated the police officers accused him of getting rid of the gun and was verbally abusive towards him as well. Additionally, the police department failed to examine the purse for finger prints or other DNA evidence (Murder on Sunday Morning, …show more content…
The purpose of a forensic psychologist is to accumulate information concerning the defendant by the means of assessment and results, interviews, as well as information from third parties. The material is presented to members of the court (e.g. judge, attorneys, and jury members) to assist with selecting the appropriate punishment (Heilburn et al, 2003). Forensic psychologist provided expert testimony specializing in mental health diagnosis as it relates to legal proceedings meeting the Daubert standard (e.g. has the assessment been peer reviewed, the reliability and validity of the assessment, just to name a few (Heilburn et al, 2003; Hugaboom,

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