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Darius Fields is serving an 18-year sentence on federal weapons charges following 13-year-old Shavon Randle’s death in June 2017.
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Fields is now being tried on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity.
During the trial Tuesday, prosecutors told jurors Fields was the man calling the shots from afar so that he wouldn’t get blood on his hands directly.
"And all these people are doing what he wants them to do because they are in combination together because they are a crew, because they are gonna profit from the dope," the prosecutor said.
They said Fields was the one with the motive who stood to profit from the drugs.
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Prosecutors said cell phone data, witnesses, and surveillance video put Fields and three accomplices together, accusing them of planning the kidnapping in retaliation over a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of marijuana stolen from Fields days earlier.
Prosecutors also said a man in jail with Fields said Fields admitted he was behind Randle’s death.
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Meanwhile, Fields’ defense attorneys argued there is no credible evidence that proves he had anything to do with Randle’s abduction and death, noting that nearly five years later, witness memories may not be as reliable, and some of Randle’s family withheld information from police about the stolen drugs during the crucial hours after she was abducted.
"We’re not here to defend whether or not that 13-year-old child deserved to be abducted or killed. That’s not what this case is about. What does it have to do with Darius Fields?" defense attorney Scottie Allen told jurors. "Pay attention. Listen. Follow the law. Follow the evidence and you’re going to find him not guilty because he’s not guilty."
Testimony will resume in the case Wednesday morning at 9 a.m.
Man accused of calling the shots goes on trial for Shavon Randle's death
A man who Dallas County prosecutors said was calling the shots from afar so that he wouldn't get blood on his hands directly is now on trial for charges related to 13-year-old Shavon Randle's death. If convicted, he could face up to life in prison.
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