Facts of the Crime:
Bobby Batiste, a former Mississippi State University student, was convicted and sentenced to death in the capital murder of his roommate, 28-year-old Andreas Galanis. Batiste was accused of killing Galanis by blunt-force trauma to the head after they got into a fight on March 7, 2008, in their off-campus apartment when Galanis discovered money missing from his checking account.
He suspected Batiste had used his debit card without his permission. Batiste told police Galanis attacked him first, but evidence at the trial refuted that. The Oktibbeha County jury of eight men and four women deliberated for three hours before returning its decision. Family members of victim Andreas Galanis were in tears after Circuit Court Clerk Angie McGinniss announced Batiste’s sentence.
Batiste was sentenced to death on October 31, 2009.
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