An error in jury instructions means a Chattanooga man convicted of murder and robbery is entitled to a new trial.
Dominique Greer wanted $1,500 for a mix tape and knew Darrian Moore had a job and a bank account.
Moore, 21, was sitting in his car in the driveway of his Shady Hollow Lane home when Greer got into the car and fired a .380-caliber bullet into his head, jurors found.
At Greer’s trial in November 2013, co-defendant Franklin Wood Jr. – Moore’s friend before a quarrel – and Dwight Turner Jr. testified about planning the robbery. Neither participated in the crime, though Wood gave Greer clothing and shoes afterward, and Greer told Turner the gun went off when Moore began struggling. Turner was never charged. Wood pleaded guilty to facilitation of especially aggravated robbery and took a plea deal.
Greer was found guilty of first- degree murder and especially aggravated robbery, and was sentenced to life in prison on the murder charge and eight years in the robbery.