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Monday, May 6, 2013

PRISON KILLER, RECIDIVIST MURDERER & A SUICIDE ASSIST NEEDED: JEFFREY MOTTS [EXECUTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA ON MAY 6, 2011]



On this date, May 6, 2011, Jeffrey Motts was executed by lethal injection in South Carolina for the prison homicide of his cellmate, Charles Martin on May 12, 2005. Ten years before the prison murder, he had killed two people in a robbery. I will post information about him from clarkprosecutor.org before giving my comments. 


Jeffrey Motts
Citations:
State v. Motts, ___ S.E.2d ___, 2011 WL 979731 (S.C. 2011). (Waiver of Appeals) 


Final Meal:
Pizza, fried fish, popcorn shrimp, french fries, sweet tea and cherry cheesecake. 


Final Words:
His attorney read a last statement from Motts as he lay on the gurney. "To my mom and grandma, Happy Mother's Day. I know this is a sad one but let us remember the good times. I am finally free and at peace in heaven." He apologized to his victims' families, his own family and anyone he hurt along the way. “I want to warn kids of the dangers of drugs. I was the child everyone wanted their children around until I got on drugs. Drugs will destroy your life.” 

Internet Sources: South Carolina Department of Corrections
Inmate: Motts, Jeffery
DOC#: 6026
DOB: 05/05/75
County: Greenville
Date Received: 12/04/07
Race: White
Trial Judge: G. Clary
Victim: Charles Martin (DOB: 04/21/79) 


In 1997, a Spartanburg County jury convicted Jeffrey Brian Motts of the armed robbery and murder of his great-aunt and great-uncle. Motts' great aunt, 73-year-old Louise Etta Olsteen, and of 79-year-old Clyde Lloyd Camby, were killed on April 3, 1995. Motts, at the time 19 years old, had cut the telephone cord in the house, tied the legs of the couple with a shirt and shot Olsteen in the back and shot Camby in the face. He wanted money to buy crack cocaine. The trial judge sentenced Motts to life imprisonment for each murder conviction and twenty-five years' imprisonment for the armed robbery conviction. 

While Motts was serving his sentences at Perry Correctional Institution in Greenville County, his cell-mate, Charles Martin, was found dead on December 8, 2005. Motts confessed to the killing. Subsequently, a Greenville County grand jury indicted Motts for Martin's murder. Based on Motts's prior murder convictions, the State sought the death penalty. 

Several witnesses at trial, including Motts, testified regarding the events surrounding Martin's murder. Angered that Martin had lied to another inmate about Motts's involvement in "planting" a knife in the inmate's cell, Motts confronted Martin during the early morning hours of December 8, 2005. According to Motts, the verbal exchange escalated to a physical altercation with Motts hitting Martin in the head. Martin fell against the wall and started shaking. Motts then picked up Martin and bound his hands and feet using strips of cloth from his bed sheets. When Martin regained consciousness, he begged Motts not to hurt him. Motts responded by choking Martin to death. Because Martin continued to make what Motts described as a "death rattle," Motts proceeded to tie some sheets around Martin's neck to stop this noise. Martin died as the result of asphyxia due to strangulation. Motts then pushed the body under his bed in the cell. 

After killing Martin, Motts smoked a cigarette, ate breakfast, smoked another cigarette, and watched television. Motts then dragged Martin's body to a common area known as "the rock." Before placing Martin's body on "the rock," he kicked Martin and stated "this is what snitches get." Motts then reported to prison guards that he had killed Martin. 

After the guards found Martin's lifeless body, officers with the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division initiated an investigation by questioning Motts. During the questioning, Motts waived his Miranda rights and then confessed to the murder. After the jury found Motts guilty of murder, the State sought to establish the statutory aggravating circumstance that "the murder was committed by a person with a prior conviction for murder." Accordingly, the State presented evidence regarding Motts's 1997 convictions for the murder of his great-aunt and great-uncle. Ultimately, the jury found beyond a reasonable doubt that the murder of Martin was committed by a person with a prior conviction for murder. 

As a result, the jury recommended that Motts be put to death. The trial judge denied all of Motts's post-trial motions and ordered on June 4, 2008 that Motts be put to death as a result of the conviction. In March of 2011, the state Supreme Court ruled that Motts can drop his appeals.

COMMENTS:
            Jeffrey Motts was a great example of a Prison Killer, recidivist murderer and an inmate that just needed a suicide assist. Since he wanted to be put to death, I think it was better to grant him that wish, as he is already a threat to society and he appears to enjoy killing other people. Together with Michael William Lenz, Robert Gleason Jr. and other prison killers with recidivist murderers, Motts has been eliminated from the face of the earth.





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