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Dennis Harold Crowe plead guilty on two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Roberta "Bertie" Davis and Lester Ray Cobb Monday morning. The judge accepted the plea and sentenced Crowe to 30 years in prison without parole. The solicitor in the case hopes this will be for the rest of Crowe's life.
"Law enforcement and I obviously feel that he deserves more than 30 years, but based on the evidence and circumstances we were dealt, it's the best resolution to make sure that he remains behind bars for as long as we can possibly get him to," said Solicitor Chrissy Adams, 10th Judicial Circuit.
A man who was convicted of beating his girlfriend to death is scheduled to face a judge again Monday in Oconee County. Dennis Harold Crowe wants to request a new trial. He was convicted in 2004 of killing Roberta Flora 'Bertie' Davis one year earlier.
Crowe was sentenced to 47 years in prison, but he won a re-trial in April 2008 when a judge decided his lawyers were not prepared to defend him.
The attorneys said former 10th Circuit Solicitor Druanne White was going to try Crowe for the murder of Lester Ray Cobb first then switched the order of the trials that morning. Investigators said Crowe killed Cobb because he witnessed Davis' murder.
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