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Casey Owens was sentenced to 40 years in prison after admitting to the December 2017 shooting death of Landon Terry.

Casey Owens, pleaded guilty to a count of murder in the Dec. 22, 2017 slaying of 38-year-old Landon Terry at Owens ex-girlfriends residence in South Lubbock.

Amid the weeklong murder trial of Chance Copeland that resulted in a conviction and a life sentence, Judge William Eichman came to learn that the defendants mother had threatened a witness who testified against her son and that a spectator may have been relaying what was happening at the trial to p

Lubbock jurors deliberated for about an hour and 10 minutes before returning with their verdict sentencing Chance Copeland to life in prison.

Before handing down Chance Copelands life sentence for murder, Judge William Eichman in the 364th District Court on Tuesday told the 32-year-old that he believed he didnt intend to shoot and kill the woman driving the SUV carrying three other people two years ago.   However, Eichman told Copeland, who did not testify during his seven-day trial, that he believed the evidence showed that he intended to kill at least one of Odens passengers. "And (the jury) correctly found you guilty of murder,"...

The Hon. Judge Ruben Reyes served Lubbock County for decades. He’s best known for establishing drug court, a program that attempts to rehabilitate rather than punish addicts.

Judge William Eichman issued a bond surrender arrest warrant for Erevia at the end of a hearing in the 364th District Court on a motion to revoke his bond filed by the Lubbock County District Attorneys Office.

Jurors in the 364th District Court on Wednesday handed a 45-year prison sentence to a 29-year-old man they believed was one of three people who robbed the Picantes Restaurant more than four years ago.  Jurors deliberated for about 2 hours and 15 minutes before returning with the 45-year prison sentence and a $10,000 fine against Phillip Velazquez for his role in the Jan. 27, 2017 armed robbery at Picantes in the 3800 block of 34th Street.  Velazquez is the third defendant to be convicted ...

Deputies in the 364th District Courtroom rushed to the witness stand Thursday morning to remove Joseph Gonzalez Jr. from the court during an outburst in which he called the members of the court "crooked." Gonzalez, 39, was one of two co-defendants serving decades long prison sentences for their roles in a 2017 armed robbery who were held in contempt of court after refusing to answer questions during a third defendants trial.  Gonzalez and Damian Villarreal, 26, were called to testify during t...

Attorneys for the state and defense worked into the night at a makeshift courtroom at the Lubbock Memorial Civic Center as they narrowed down a pool of 79 potential jurors into a panel of 12 with at least two alternates. By late Monday, attorneys were in the process of individually interviewing 55 people who said they couldnt be an impartial juror because of the nature of the case.  Joe Salinas, 42, is charged with a first-degree felony count of aggravated sexual assault of a child, which carr...