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Both sides comment on 10-year murder sentence
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By COSHANDRA DILLARD
Henderson Daily News
The after-affects of the sentencing of Michael Alan Loun in the 2005 murder of Jack Edward “Trey” LePelley III are being felt on both sides of the case that began in August 2006. Loun was convicted of second degree murder Aug. 17. He received a 10-year sentence Thursday after jurors deliberated for more than six hours. |
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Ex-Army Ranger Gets 10 Years For Murder
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By CINDY MALLETTE
Staff Writer
HENDERSON — Former Army Ranger Michael Alan Loun received a 10-year jail sentence for the 2005 murder of a Henderson man.
Members of the three-man, nine-woman jury cried as Loun’s sentence was read Thursday afternoon. The sentencing phase hinged on whether Loun deserved probation or incarceration for his crime. After six and a half hours of deliberation, the jurors chose to give Loun jail time. |
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Loun Murder Sentencing Deadlocks
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By STEPHANIE JETER
Staff Writer
HENDERSON - Evidence from three days of trial was sprawled across a long rectangle table.
It had been nine hours, and jurors' deliberations to punish a Rusk County murderer were deadlocked.
It was the human in them. |
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Former Army Ranger Loun Found Guilty Of Murder
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By STEPHANIE JETER
Staff Writer
HENDERSON - Former U.S. Army Ranger Michael Alan Loun was convicted of murder Thursday in a Rusk County Courtroom.
With no debate that Loun shot three bullets to kill 22-year-old Jack Edward LePelley in 2005, the three-day trial ultimately decided if Loun shot LePelley in self-defense. |
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Defense Attorney Calls For Removal Of Prosecutor In Loun Trial
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Tyler Daily News - May 26, 2007
BY STEPHANIE JETER
Staff Writer
HENDERSON - An attempt to remove a special prosecuting attorney from an upcoming murder trial was denied by a court judge Friday morning.
Despite a motion filed by the defense attorney calling Ron Adkison's participation "a conflict of interest," Adkison is slated to assist the District Attorney's Office during the August trial of Michael Alan Loun.
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No Sentence Friday In Murder Trial
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By STEPHANIE JETER
Staff Writer
HENDERSON - Rusk County jurors saw more evidence Friday, after finding Michael Alan Loun guilty on Thursday of murdering Jack Edward "Trey" LePelley III.
The evidence - a stack of Loun's military commendations, photos of LePelley as a child and the gun that later took his life - was part of Loun's sentencing trial.
As of 10:15 p.m. jurors had yet to decide on Loun's sentence, marking nine hours in the jury room.
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Motion takes aim at judge, prosecutor in LePelley murder case
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By ALEXA DUKE
Henderson Daily News
Henderson attorney Daryll Bennett on Thursday filed a motion to disqualify a special prosecutor scheduled to try murder suspect Michael Alan Loun for the March 2005 killing of Jack Edward “Trey” LePelley III.
The motion claims District Judge Clay Gossett and Rusk County District Attorney Micheal Jimerson acted improperly by appointing Ron Adkison as attorney pro tem for the trial scheduled for August of this year. |
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Mistrial declared in LePelley murder case
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By ALEXA DUKE
The Daily News
Sometime in 2007, 12 Rusk County citizens will have to hear the testimony all over again in Michael Alan Loun's trial for the murder of Jack Edward “Trey” LePelley III.
After five-and-a-half-days of testimony beginning Aug. 15, the 12 jurors selected for Loun's first trial declared themselves hopelessly deadlocked and a mistrial was announced after nearly 12 hours of deliberation. |
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LePelley murder trial ends Monday
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By ALEXA DUKE
The Daily News
It's going to be a matter of determining whose testimony is most believable when jurors begin deliberations in Michael Loun's trial for the murder of Jack Edward “Trey” LePelley III.
Both the prosecution and the defense rested their cases at noon Friday. Final arguments are scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. Monday in the Fourth Judicial District Court in the Rusk County Courthouse.
Loun is charged with the fatal shooting of LePelley on March 13, 2005, at an apartment in the 200 block of Kilgore Drive. |
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Change of venue motion denied in LePelley murder case
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By ALEXA DUKE
The Daily News
Michael Alan Loun's motion for a change of venue was denied by state Fourth District Court Judge Clay Gossett Wednesday morning.
Loun's trial is expected to begin Monday for the murder of Jack Edward “Trey” LePelley III at around 1 a.m. on March 13, 2005. On Aug. 3, Loun filed a motion to move the trial to Panola County based on claims that it would be impossible for him to receive a fair trial in Rusk County. |
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Dear Christian Friends,
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The trial of Michael Loun the young man who killed my son Trey has been scheduled to start August 14th. This will be a painful and ordurous event for us. We desperately need your prayers that God will sustain us and bring justice for Trey. We have seen God do mighty works through prayer, especially when a group of Christians are praying as one. I am enclosing a prayer written specifically for this ordeal we are facing. If you feel led by God to help us, please join us in praying this prayer daily until the trial is over. Please give a copy to any others you feel God may want to work through to accomplish His will.
We will be eternally grateful for your faithfulness to pray. May God richly bless each of you in return.
Yours in Christ,
Jack & Julie LePelley
For an email copy please contact us at CJLEPELLEY@aol.com
Click here for a printable version. |
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05/20/2006 - TCF Butterfly Release
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 Julie LePelley knows well the love of a child and the grief that comes with losing one to death.
"Losing a child is like part of your heart is ripped away," Ms. LePelley said.
Her 22-year-old son, Trey, was shot and killed in March 2005. |
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04/29/2006 Crime Victims Rally
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