Turkey man found guilty for 2nd time in 2008 murder | KVII

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A Turkey man was found guilty on Friday for 1st degree murder for the 2008 slaying of Darrel Wayne Randall.Harold Bud Ham, 47, was sentenced to life in the Institutional Division of TDCJ after a 4-day trial.According to the Office of the 100th District At

Turkey, Texas — A Turkey man was found guilty on Friday for 1st degree murder for the 2008 slaying of Darrel Wayne Randall.

Harold Bud Ham, 47, was sentenced to life in the Institutional Division of TDCJ after a 4-day trial.

According to the Office of the 100th District Attorney, Ham was arrested in Aug. of 2008 and made numerous confessions that evening. He was convicted in Sept. of 2009 and received 99 years from a Hall County jury, but in March of 2015, Ham prevailed on a writ of habeas corpus for ineffective assistance of trial counsel in the 2009 trial. Ham said in the application he would have accepted a 45-year offer from the State.

When he was brought back to Hall County, Ham rejected the State's offer and requested another jury trial.

"We were able to get all witnesses back from the previous trial and put together an altogether different presentation of the facts and evidence, which I think really worked well this time around," DA Luke Inman said.

According to the DA, Randall was shot in the head four times by Ham.

"He shot him out of meanness, he shot him execution style for getting into his cooler," Inman stated during the close in the guilt innocence phase of the trial.

After the 4-day trial ended late Friday evening, the jury deliberated for 30 minutes to determine guilt or innocence and for about two hours on punishment.

"Both jury trials have ended well against this Defendant," said Inman. "We were happy with the verdict in 2009 of 99 years and the same was true with today's verdict of life. That's what we were asking for and that's what they decided today since this Defendant took the life of Darrell."

The DA said Ham will have to serve at least 30 years before he becomes eligible for parole.