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    Jason Timothy Gettys Sentenced to LWOP In 2006 NC Slaying Of Stephen Drew Snoddy

    2006 murder case goes to trial

    MORGANTON --

    Almost four years after the death of a 21-year-old man, his accused killer’s trial is set to begin this week.

    Jason Timothy Gettys, 34, was charged with the murder of Stephen Drew Snoddy a few days after Christmas in 2006.

    Gettys was arrested and charged the same day of Snoddy’s death. A grand jury indicted him within a week.

    On Monday, Judge Beverly Beal heard motions from defense attorney Mark Killian and spoke to potential jurors.

    Beal told potential jurors that the death penalty is not being sought in this case. Jury selection starts today.

    On Dec. 29, 2006, Gettys called Morganton Department of Public Safety from Big Daddy’s Convenience Store on U.S. 70. He told investigators at the time he wanted to talk about a fight.

    Gettys led the police to a ditch on Dixie Boulevard where they found Snoddy’s body. At the time, police said evidence shows the suspect killed Snoddy at the scene.

    Hamby’s Towing, which is located nearby, turned in its surveillance video tapes to police.
    Gettys and Snoddy worked together at Environmental Inks and Coatings, company officials said in 2006. Both men had worked for the company for less than a year.

    http://www2.morganton.com/news/2010/...ial-ar-576136/

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    Gettys sentenced to life in prison

    After a jury convicted Jason Timothy Gettys, 34, of first-degree murder, Senior Superior Court Judge Beverly Beal sentenced him to life in prison without parole.

    Gettys was on trial for more than a week for the 2006 death of Stephen Drew Snoddy.

    Jury deliberations began Thursday afternoon. Judge Beal recessed court from Thursday evening to Monday morning.

    At one point Monday, the jury indicated one juror disagreed with the other 11 jurors, Beal said. The jury did not indicate which way the majority felt.

    The jury returned the verdict around 6 p.m. Monday.

    During the trial, law enforcement officers testified that Gettys told them on Dec. 29, 2006, that he thought he killed someone. Then Gettys led the officers to Snoddy’s body on Dixie Boulevard.

    Assistant District Attorneys Frank Webster and David Swanson introduced numerous photographs of the scene, articles of clothing from Snoddy and Gettys and video surveillance footage from Hamby’s Towing on Dixie Boulevard.

    Gettys took the witness stand Wednesday and did not deny injuring or killing Snoddy, but said he could not remember everything that happened that night.

    Gettys said he smoked about an eight-ball of crack cocaine on Dec. 29. While walking home, Gettys stopped at Snoddy’s to get a ride, Gettys said. Taking a “special route,” the two men ingested more drugs.

    Gettys said he and Snoddy argued about money owed for drugs and Gettys said that Snoddy attacked first with a box cutter.

    Gettys punched Snoddy in the nose and Snoddy’s truck ran off the road, Gettys said.

    Gettys recalled hitting Snoddy with a rock, but could not recall how many times or where.

    Surveillance video shows a truck striking a fence at Hamby’s Towing and a person running along the road. Later the video shows someone chasing a second person under a streetlight.

    “None of this would have happened at all if I had been in my right mind,” Gettys said.

    http://www2.morganton.com/news/2010/...son-ar-617002/

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