Grand Jury To Hear Second-Degree Murder Charge - Greeneville Sun
Brenda Sue Smith first crossed paths with David Lineberry in a Greeneville bar. 2 and charged with one count of first-degree murder. After hearing several hours of testimony at a preliminary hearing Friday from a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation special agent and sheriff's Detective Sgt. Jason Taylor, Judge Kenneth Bailey Jr. decided to bind the case over to a grand jury on a second-degree murder charge. He had two bullet wounds, one to the right side of the head and the other on the left side of his chest, TBI special agent Chris Wilhoit testified. The preliminary hearing was held in Greene County General Sessions Court. Some of the evidence presented Friday suggests robbery as a motive, but Bailey wasn't convinced what he heard fit a first-degree murder charge. "I'm struggling with this on the first-degree murder, that it was committed in the perpetration or the attempt to perpetrate a theft. First Assistant District Attorney Ritchie Collins, lead prosecutor, said an investigation into the crime continues, and not all evidence was presented at the preliminary hearing. Taylor testified that Smith stole three credit cards from Lineberry several days before his death, and video from businesses where the cards were used before his death. Source: www.greenevillesun.com
