In December, a jury deliberated for less than an hour before convicting Rhodes of three murders, one count of tampering with physical evidence, and two counts of abuse of a corpse in the shooting of Christopher Jones and brutal beating and stabbings of teenage brothers Maurice Gordon and Larry Ordway.
After a week-long trial and five hours of deliberation on Monday, the jury found Brice Rhodes guilty on all six charges against him, including three murder counts.
Rhodes, 32, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.
A defense attorney and family members of Brice Rhodes asked a jury Tuesday for leniency in sentencing him on six guilty charges against him, including three murder counts.
After hearing from witnesses for more than two hours, including a psychiatrist from the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC) in La Grange who evaluated Rhodes, Judge Julie Kaelin ruled “there has been no conclusive testimony that he is incompetent.”
After hearing from witnesses for more than two hours, including a psychiatrist from the Kentucky Correctional Psychiatric Center (KCPC) in La Grange who evaluated Rhodes, Judge Julie Kaelin ruled “there has been no conclusive testimony that he is incompetent.”
Rhodes' attorney asked Judge Julie Kaelin to bar the public and media from access to the hearing, saying mention of his medical issues should be private and the hearing would also include discussions of his past issues his many attorneys, which would violate attorney-client privilege.
