Marty Morgan, left, Keon Cain
Defendants in Prattville barbershop murders on the fast track to trial
By Jennifer Horton
WSFA 12 News
PRATTVILLE, AL (WSFA) - The capital murder suspects charged in the Prattville barbershop murders are now on the fast-track to trial.
Defendants Marty Morgan, 37, and Keon Cain, 20, are indicted on capital murder counts for reportedly shooting three people to death and nearly killing another at a barbershop on Highway 82 in July 2017.
Both defendants appeared in court Thursday for a hearing to take up more than 30 defense motions related to their trials in 2019.
The state is expected to seek the death penalty in both cases.
Cain’s defense argued to ban the death penalty due to the defendant’s age at the time of the murders. The state argued against that motion and it was ultimately denied.
Morgan's defense team filed more than 30 motions regarding his May 2019 trial.
The majority of the motions were granted, most involved jury selection and issues relating to how the case would be presented to the jury.
The defense teams are still seeking to suppress comments made by the defendants to police following their arrests.
Morgan and Cain are charged with two counts of capital murder and burglary for the deaths of Eddie Scott, Anthony Smith, and Al Benson. Cain is also charged with first-degree robbery and attempted murder. There were injuries to a fourth victim who was shot multiple times but survived.
Investigators believe the motive for the shooting was robbery. A game of dominoes was underway and between $2,000 and $3,000 were recovered later by investigators.
Morgan is scheduled to stand trial first in May 2019.
https://www.wsfa.com/2018/12/13/defe...t-track-trial/
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