"But this court has an obligation to make sure the correct decision is made." Kyle's widow, Taya Kyle, was not present. Kyle's parents attended Thursday's hearing in Eastland, about 125 miles west of Dallas. He and Littlefield were shot a total of 13 times, with two pistols, as they had their backs toward him, according to trial testimony. The former Navy SEAL was known as the most lethal sniper in U.S. "If Eddie was intoxicated he wouldn't have been able to shoot Chris Kyle and drive his truck," St. He also suggested that Routh's behavior on the day of the killings was not affected by marijuana, a jab at a prosecution theory arguing that Routh wasn't insane, but suffered only from a marijuana-induced psychosis. John said that Routh met the burden of legal insanity at trial and asked the panel to review video recordings of Routh's "bizarre behavior," which included talk of pig men, the apocalypse and Routh questioning his own sanity. Littlefield, but we believe our client suffered from schizophrenia," St. "There's no doubt that my client took the life of Mr. John used most of his 15 minutes to convince the panel that Routh's conviction should be overturned because he didn't know his conduct was wrong at the time of the murders.Įrath County District Attorney Alan Nash and Assistant Attorney General Jane Starnes had 15 minutes to present their arguments. "Eddie was insane at the time of the offense," St. John told a three-judge panel of Texas' 11th Court of Appeals during 30 minutes of arguments Thursday that jurors "made the legally incorrect decision." Routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole and his attorney J. The two friends had been trying to help the troubled veteran with a therapeutic outing at an upscale shooting range before the day turned deadly. © 2023 NYP Holdings, Inc.EASTLAND, Texas (CN) - An attorney for the ex-Marine convicted of killing "American Sniper" Chris Kyle and a friend in 2013, spent Thursday morning arguing for a new trial, but backed away from claims that Eddie Ray Routh suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.Ī Texas jury convicted Routh, 28, on February 25, 2015, for the murders of Kyle and Chad Littlefield. Routh’s layers have filed an appeal and a motion for a new trial. He’s a decent young man that something snapped in him. I mean just the evilest son of a b-h on the face of this Earth. “They think our God-dang kid is a villain. ![]() It was his body that did it, but it wasn’t his right mind,” said Raymond, 55. Routh’s parents, Raymond and Jodi, said they were grateful to Kyle and Littlefield for trying to help their son. “It scared the living hell out of me,” she said. She said her brother’s eyes went black as soon as she said “demons.” “I looked at him and I said, ‘I love you, but I hate your demons,’” she said. “He started talking about people sucking his soul and he said that he took their souls before they could take his.”īlevins said she realized Routh was telling the truth when she saw a large pickup truck outside that didn’t belong to him. I said, ‘OK, well, I’m calling the cops,’” Blevin said. “At this point, I didn’t honestly believe him. “I said: ‘If you’re telling me the truth, you need to call the police and turn yourself in,’ because I didn’t know - does he have a gun? Is he going to harm me? What the hell is going on?” she said. She said he told her he didn’t know who his victims were - only that he thought one was named Chris. “I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ He said, ‘I killed two guys today,’” she said. Kyle, the subject of Clint Eastwood’s Oscar-nominated blockbuster, had offered to help Routh, who suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder after his military service.īlevins recalled on the show how Routh walked into her home and asked, “Is the world freezing over?” 24 of double murder by jurors who rejected the defense’s insanity claim. ![]() “It was that moment, but it was in real life,” she said in the TV special, “Inside the Mind of the Man Who Shot the American Sniper.”Įddie Ray Routh killed Kyle and Chad Littlefield at a shooting range in Texas on Feb. Phil in a show that airs Monday, the Daily Mail reported. “Have you ever watched a scary movie and the villain’s eyes turn black?” Laura Blevins, 30, asked Dr. The sister of the former Marine convicted of murdering “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and his pal said the hair on her neck stood up when he confessed his killings to her. 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle not as decorated as he claimed 'American Sniper' Chris Kyle loses three medals Jesse Ventura denied reinstatement of $1.8M 'American Sniper' verdict Egyptian director to make anti-'American Sniper' film
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