Amid the weeklong murder trial of Chance Copeland that resulted in a conviction and a life sentence, Judge William Eichman came to learn that the defendant s mother had threatened a witness who testified against her son and that a spectator may have been relaying what was happening at the trial to p
Before handing down Chance Copeland s life sentence for murder, Judge William Eichman in the 364th District Court on Tuesday told the 32-year-old that he believed he didn t intend to shoot and kill the woman driving the SUV carrying three other people two years ago.
However, Eichman told Copeland, who did not testify during his seven-day trial, that he believed the evidence showed that he intended to kill at least one of Oden s passengers. And (the jury) correctly found you guilty of murder, he said.
He denounced Copeland s attempts at manipulating investigators and intimidating witnesses and told him the evidence in the last three days showed that he deserved the life sentence.
The Hon. Judge Ruben Reyes served Lubbock County for decades. He’s best known for establishing drug court, a program that attempts to rehabilitate rather than punish addicts.
Judge William Eichman issued a bond surrender arrest warrant for Erevia at the end of a hearing in the 364th District Court on a motion to revoke his bond filed by the Lubbock County District Attorney s Office.