According to Davis, he loaded the gun with which Teresa eventually shot her mother and two younger brothers.ĭavis' description of the events of the night further revealed that prior to the shootings Teresa and he had climbed the stairs together, with Teresa carrying the gun, and that as she fired the gun, he stood next to her in the vicinity of the top stairway landing and/or Teresa's mother's bedroom doorway. 357 magnum revolver which she had obtained at his request, and which she had concealed in a towel and placed on the family room floor. (Davis' taped statements include the assertion, '* * * we had the intention of taking the car * * * and leaving.') Admitted to the home by Teresa, Davis embraced her and then loaded the. Inasmuch as only Eric Davis and Teresa Bickerstaff 1 survive to describe the events that transpired on the night of the tragedy unfolded in the record before us, we look to Davis' testimony at trial and to his taped statements for some background of the cause.ĭavis testified that, having engaged in at least two telephone conversations with Teresa Bickerstaff during the evening hours prior to the commission of the crimes, he proceeded to have a friend drop him off near the Bickerstaff residence in the early hours of the morning of August 29.

After a lengthy trial by jury, Eric Davis was convicted of aggravated murder (three counts), involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery (three counts), aggravated arson, receiving stolen property, and grand theft.

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