Summary of Offense:
Sentenced to death in 1996 and again in 2001 for beating his two-month-old son, Ebious Jennings, to death at their Tuscaloosa home in 1995.
Dr. Kenneth Warner, a physician with the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, performed the autopsy on Ebious. Dr. Warner indicated that his examination revealed that Ebious's injuries included 12 recently fractured ribs, internal bleeding caused by a torn liver and a torn spleen, skull fractures, and trauma to the scrotum area. According to Dr. Warner, the cause of Ebious's death was blunt-force trauma to the head and chest, in addition to the brain damage caused by shaking.
Minor maintained that he did not kill Ebious and that he did not strike him in any way. According to Minor, Lakeisha admitted during a telephone conversation with him that she had killed Ebious because she believed Ebious's death was the result of falling from a couch. Minor further maintained that he had never seen Lakeisha violently strike Ebious but that he had seen her hit Ebious. Additionally, Minor stated that Lakeisha was angry with him on the evening of Ebious's death. Minor also claimed he saw Ebious hit the door of the apartment as Lakeisha was leaving with him to go to the hospital.
Minor admitted that he had prior convictions for assault in the second degree, for possession of cocaine, and for rape in the second degree. Minor also admitted that he had escaped from the county jail while he was awaiting trial on the capital-murder charge.
During the state's cross-examination of Minor, he admitted that he had given several statements to law enforcement officers that were not true. According to Minor, he did nothing intentionally or accidentally to cause Ebious's death, but he made up a story about an accident that he told law enforcement officers in order to get released on bond. Additionally, he maintained that his statements were made in an effort to protect Lakeisha.
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