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2. Testimony Ends in Fed Drug Trial - Friday, March 16, 2012

After five weeks of testimony, the last witness testified Wednesday, March 14, in the Petties drug organization trial in Memphis federal court.

He was Vacha Vaughn, a high-level member of the organization who was shot in a 2004 robbery by men dressed as police officers. Three years later, he was a target of the organization itself because he was believed to be cooperating with authorities.

3. Petties Case Court Documents Suggest Post Conviction Plans - Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Toward the end of the prosecution’s case last week in the Craig Petties drug organization trial, jurors heard a corrections officers say that Clinton Lewis, one of the two defendants, told Carlos Whitelow, another member of the organization, to keep quiet and not tell prosecutors anything about the organization.

4. Prosecution Rests in Fed Drug Trial - Friday, March 9, 2012

The prosecution in the Craig Petties drug organization trial rested in case in chief Thursday, March 8, after four weeks of testimony.

5. Petties Jury Hears of 2007 Arrests of Defendants and Plea Talks - Thursday, March 8, 2012

When they were arrested separately within months of each in 2007, neither Clinton Lewis nor Martin Lewis went quietly.

6. Violent Acts Take Stage in Fed Drug Trial - Thursday, March 8, 2012

When Mario McNeil allegedly threatened the mother of drug kingpin Craig Petties in 2007, the Memphis drug organization Petties ran from exile in Mexico took it seriously.

7. Fed Drug Case Zeroes in on Defendants - Wednesday, March 7, 2012

For three weeks, federal prosecutors in the Craig Petties drug organization trial have told a jury the wide-ranging story of the organization and dozens of the leaders and other players in it.

8. Petties Trial Focuses on Turner Killing - Monday, March 5, 2012

The point at which the prosecution ends and the defense begins in the Craig Petties drug organization trial in Memphis Federal Court should be when the 2006 murder of Marcus Turner becomes the center of attention again.

9. Petties Trial Focuses on 2006 Murder - Friday, March 2, 2012

The second witness to testify in the Petties organization drug trial that begins its fifth week Monday, March 5, was Lucy Turner, a police dispatcher from West Memphis, Ark. and the mother of Marcus Turner.

10. Questions Raised About Plea Deals - Friday, February 24, 2012

Shortly after Clarence Broady shot Latrell Small and Kalonji Griffin to death in a car at a Hickory Hill apartment complex in 2004, Demetrius Fields got a new tattoo.

11. Defense Critical of Plea Deal for Fields in Petties Case - Thursday, February 23, 2012

Shortly after Latrell Small and Kalonji Griffin were shot to death by Clarence Broady in a car at a Hickory Hill apartment complex in 2004, Demetrius Fields got a new tattoo.