Trial begins today for inmate accused of killing another inmate
An Oregon State Penitentiary inmate accused of beating another inmate to death in 2008 is scheduled for trial today.
Isacc C. Agee, 33, is accused of aggravated murder in the death of inmate Antonio Barrantes-Vasquez, 36, on Feb. 14, 2008.
Barrantes-Vasquez died from repeated blows to the head.
A co-defendant in the slaying, James Demetri Davenport, is serving life in prison without parole after pleading guilty in March 2010. Testing determined that Davenport was mildly mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under U.S. Supreme Court rulings.
Agee has been in prison since 2005, when he was convicted on charges of attempted murder and assault, among other charges.
Agee ran over a man, David Banks, with a pickup and beat him nearly to death in 2004. The man was on a walk in his northeast Salem neighborhood.
Defense attorneys argued that Agee was extremely high on methamphetamine at the time.
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