Barefield denied petition in capital murder case
Tyler Barefield, a Russellville man who was found guilty of two counts of capital murder in 2016, was recently denied his petition claiming ineffective assistance of counsel.
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Tyler Barefield, a Russellville man who was found guilty of two counts of capital murder in 2016, was recently denied his petition claiming ineffective assistance of counsel.
Tyler Barefield asks for new trial in 2017 capital murder conviction © Provided by KATV Little Rock/Pine Bluff A man convicted of shooting then crushing two Pope County men is asking a judge for his conviction and sentence to be thrown out and have a new trial. In September 2016, Tyler Barefield was arrested after two men, Aaron Brock and Beau DeWitt, were found shot and crushed inside a Chevrolet Impala at his family's Russellville salvage yard. Tyler Barefield appeared in a Pope County Courtroom Tuesday following a petition for relief filed in February 2020. Barefield's new defense ...