Stroup's son, Roger Stroup, was convicted in 1996 of kidnapping the men, but was acquitted of murder.Ī ruling will be issued later on Bobby Stroup's bid for either a new trial or to reduce his four terms to two life sentences. Their bullet-riddled bodies were later found along the Mount Rose Highway.ĭuring Stroup's trial, prosecutors argued that even if he didn't kill the two men himself, he supplied the guns and participated in the conspiracy that led to their deaths, making him guilty of murder. Stroup was convicted of two counts each of first-degree murder and first-degree murder with a deadly weapon for the deaths of Rasmussen and Strawbridge, who were kidnapped from a Carson City convenience store. Regarding the defense claim of excessive trial delays, McCarthy noted Stroup faced criminal charges in California before his Nevada trial could proceed. The pursuit continues for several miles until Avery Creek Road narrows and turns to gravel. Stroupe jumps out of the SUV, steals a bike at gunpoint, throws the bike in the back of the SUV and drives off. "Juries decide who is reliable and who is credible," McCarthy said, echoing comments by Justice Mark Gibbons, one of three justices who heard the case Monday. Phillip Michael Stroupe II speeds away on Avery Creek Road until he spotted a man on a mountain bike. The attorney said there's potential for lying by accused criminals whose boasting is really "jockeying for status" among other inmates.Ĭornell said he wasn't arguing to bar such testimony - but that there should be more done to determine the reliability of testimony that could be "potential dynamite" for a defendant.ĭeputy Washoe County District Attorney Terry McCarthy said he viewed Cornell's suggestion to restrict such testimony "a little bit shocking." McCarthy said Stroup could have prevented the testimony by simply not bragging. 113K views, 308 likes, 375 loves, 821 comments, 661 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from WYFF News 4: Family of Tommy Bryson, the man who authorities say. Stroup was convicted in April 2001.Ĭornell said the state Supreme Court should revise jury instructions on trial testimony given by witnesses who share jail cells with people who brag about their crimes. 3:56 HENDERSONVILLE - Phillip Michael Stroupe II, charged with capital first-degree murder in the 2017 death of Mills River resident Tommy Bryson, has accepted a plea deal that sentences him to. Gov.The Nevada Supreme Court was urged Monday to grant a new trial to a man who was sentenced to multiple life terms for the drug-related killings of two men on Mount Rose more than 11 years ago.Ī lawyer for Bobby Stroup, a former Carson City resident sentenced to four no-parole life terms, argued that Stroup got an unfair trial because of testimony against him from jailhouse informants.Īttorney Richard Cornell also said Stroup's trial, for the October 1991 murders of Daniel Rasmussen and Jack Strawbridge, was delayed too long.WATCH: Vicki Graf's Monday forecast outlook Stroupe pled to one count of first-degree murder where he received life without parole and he pled to two counts of armed robbery and one count of kidnapping and that totals 25 to 33 years.CMPD identifies man killed after Ford Mustang Cobra slams into tree.Body of 68-year-old man believed kidnapped during manhunt found.Man shot outside Midnight Diner in South End, driven to hospital in Maserati.Henderson Sheriff Charles McDonald says Stroupe II likely will face murder charges. The elder Stroupe was being held in the Henderson County jail. Bryson's body was found in a corn field in Arden on Sunday night. Phillip Michael Stroupe II was arrested Thursday while driving a pickup belonging to 68-year-old Thomas Bryson of Mills River. The indication behind the kidnapping is allegedly a disappeared car. 24.hu reported that the man was kidnapped by six other on July 6, the police have already arrested four of them. Henderson County sheriff's spokeswoman Allison Nock said in a news release that 65-year-old Phillip Michael Stroupe of Burnsville was arrested early Monday and accused of helping his son avoid arrest on a kidnapping charge. The criminals kidnapped a Hungarian man in Budapest and wanted 54,600 EUR of ransom. The father of a man who eluded police for six days in the western North Carolina mountains has been arrested on accessory kidnapping charges.
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