P. v. Brunson CA3
A gathering of three acquaintances devolved into a robbery, beating and kidnapping. Myron Hughes planned to rent a room from defendant Brian Reed Brunson; defendant Lewis Angel Rhodes was another prospective tenant. After an evening of drinking and drugs, an altercation ensued with Brunson and Rhodes overpowering Hughes. The duo put Hughes in a car intending to dump his body somewhere, but had second thoughts and instead took him to the hospital. The defendants later claimed Hughes tried to rob them. A jury found defendants guilty of torture, kidnapping, robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, dissuading a witness, criminal threats, false imprisonment, sale of methamphetamine, and possession of methamphetamine. Defendants appeal, contending evidentiary and sentencing error.
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