First of three Dothan men go to trial in capital murder case

Jurors were expected to hear evidence in the capital murder charge filed against the first of three men charged in a fatal robbery at a Dothan apartment complex.
The trial for Lorenzo Stacey was expected to start today in front of Circuit Court Judge Larry Anderson. Stacey, 37, of North Herring Street, was arrested on June 11, 2007, two days after the murder.
Stacey has been held in the Houston County Jail since his arrest. If convicted Stacey faces the death penalty or life in prison without the opportunity for parole.
Dothan police investigators charged Stacey with capital murder in the shooting death of Pete Reaves, 39, during the early morning hours of June 9, 2007, at a Rolling Hills apartment in Dothan.
The murder happened during a scuffle at an apartment where the three men allegedly went to buy drugs, police said, according to a previous Eagle report. One of the men, Kevin McCloud, suffered a gunshot wound to the neck.
The men are charged with capital murder because police believe the crime occurred during the commission of a robbery.
Stacey will be represented during trial by by two court appointed lawyers, Eric Davis and Matt Lamere.
Assistant District Attorney Arthur Medley will prosecute the case for the Houston County District Attorney’s Office.
Kharon Davis, 24, of Tuskegee Street, and Kevin McCloud, 25, of West Newton Street, have also been charged with capital murder in connection to the Reaves murder.
Davis has retained Ben Meredith to represent him on the capital murder charge, according to court records. Davis’ trial has been set for March 30, 2009, in front of Circuit Court Judge Ed Jackson.
Tom Brantley and Patrick Burrus Jones III were appointed to represent McCloud. Court records showed McCloud’s trial has also been set for March 30, 2009, but in front of Circuit Court Judge Butch Binford.