Women's hoops player guilty of murder
A JURY has convicted the roommate of slain Middle Tennessee women's basketball player Tina Stewart of second-degree murder. The jury delivered the verdict Monday against 19-year-old Shanterrica Madden after deliberating for about 2 hours.
A JURY has convicted the roommate of slain Middle Tennessee women's basketball player
Tina Stewart
of second-degree murder.
The jury delivered the verdict Monday against 19-year-old Shanterrica Madden after deliberating for about 2 hours.
Stewart was fatally stabbed in the chest March 2, 2011, at the off-campus apartment the two shared in Murfreesboro. Madden acknowledged stabbing Stewart but claimed it was self-defense against her larger and more athletic roommate.
Prosecutors had argued for first-degree murder when they said that the killing was premeditated and intentional after Stewart reported Madden for smoking marijuana.
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Tiger Woods
will try for a fifth Memorial Tournament title starting later this month, accepting an invitation to play in the tournament in Dublin, Ohio, founded by
Jack Nicklaus.
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Philly File *
The Soul acquired defensive lineman
T.J. Langley
from Jacksonville for defensive back
Micheaux Robinson.
Sport Stops *
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