08.06.10
St Louis Strip Clubs: Life without parole for slaying outside KC strip club
Life without parole for slaying outside KC strip club
A St. Louis-area man was sentenced this morning to life in prison
without parole for the killing of two men outside a Kansas City strip
club.
Deonta R. Taylor, 32, of Florissant, Mo., was sentenced in
Jackson County Circuit Court where a jury in June found him guilty of
two counts of first-degree murder. He was also found guilty of two
counts of armed criminal action.
Taylor was convicted in the shooting deaths of Drell D. Fisher and Reginald L. Barnes. Both men were 33.They
were shot to death in February 2009 in the parking lot outside Gerry’s
Silver Slipper on Independence Avenue. There was no trial testimony
about a motive, but club records showed that Taylor’s driver’s license
was used to enter the club that morning. Several eyewitnesses also
picked him out of a photo line-up.The defense maintained that
the witnesses were not credible and that Taylor’s driver’s license had
been stolen prior its use at the club.
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