THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, October 19, 1995 TAG: 9510190420
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: METRO BRIEFS
DATELINE: NORFOLK LENGTH: Short : 35 lines
A man convicted as an accessory in the March 1994 slaying of Norview High School student Brian C. Garland was sentenced Tuesday to spend a year in jail on ``education release.''
Clusbie Eaddy was convicted in August of accessory after the fact to murder and accessory after the fact to robbery, both misdemeanors. Circuit Judge Alfred W. Whitehurst reduced Eaddy's original five felony charges after a two-day trial.
Eaddy, described in testimony as ``borderline retarded,'' may pursue his degree in a special education program at Norfolk State University by day and then return to jail at night, said his attorney, Franklin Swartz. Eaddy was also given a 12-month suspended sentence.
Eaddy and his co-defendant, Toronto McCall, were arrested a few days after Garland's murder in the 1300 block of W. Tanners Creek Road on March 22, 1994. Eaddy was 18; McCall, the trigger man, was 15. Eaddy was charged with first-degree murder, robbery, conspiracy and two firearms charges.
McCall was charged with capital murder, and prosecutors sought the death penalty until a judge ruled that the boy was too young. Then, in January, McCall pleaded guilty to first-degree murder, robbery, conspiracy and the firearms counts.
On Oct. 11, McCall was sentenced to 123 years in prison.
KEYWORDS: MURDER SENTENCING by CNB