Rhode Island Supreme Court

Now, we finally have some very good news.

In July of this year, the Rhode Island Supreme Court affirmed the decision that overturned Terrell's conviction.

At the center of the case was powerful new evidence.

The cousin of Stephen Bodden, the man Terrell has always said was the actual shooter, testified that Bodden confessed to her on multiple occasions.

On the night of the shooting, Bodden himself had told police, it's me, it's all me, it's all mine, end quote.

The lower court bound the new witness credible and concluded that her testimony could have, and let's face it, probably would have changed the verdict.

The Rhode Island Supreme Court agreed that this powerful, newly discovered evidence justified overturning Terrell's conviction, and they upheld the ruling, granting him post-conviction relief.

So the case now goes back to Superior Court, and the state has to decide whether it's going to try Terrell again.

Christopher Hightower was charged on three counts of murder and one of kidnap.

His trial started 16 months later on the 8th of March, 1993, at the Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

Former state prosecutor Patrick Youngs helped prepare the case.

Most cases that we prosecute, we usually have some sort of direct evidence, and a direct evidence is either an eyewitness to the crime or a confession.