2007 Convictions
Jury selection in Pinkerton's trial began August 6, 2007 in New Boston .
Jury selection was completed September 27, 2007. Pinkerton's death penalty trial was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. on October 15, 2007 at the Bowie County Courthouse in New Boston.
Pinkerton plead guilty to five lesser counts of first degree murder on October 29, 2007. He received five concurrent life sentences as a part of his plea deal.
Hartsfield was convicted at trial in Bryan (Brazos County), Texas (on a change of venue from East Texas due to pre-trial publicity) and sentenced to 5 consecutive life sentences.
April 18, 2007 news paper article from the Houston Chronicle now have Pinkerton saying he didn't do this crime.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/headline/metro/6379602.html
Darnell Hartsfield and his cousin, Romeo Pinkerton, were both convicted of this crime in 2008.
On February 4, 2010 the Texas Sixth Court of Appeals upheld the convictions of Darnell Hartsfield. It was ruled that there was sufficient evidence for the conviction.
http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=11936380
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