... separately and was sentenced to life plus 40 years in prison. In seeking a new trial, Echols said attorneys Val Price and Scott Davidson, both of Jonesboro, were ineffective. Burnett said Echols "failed to show either bias or prejudice by the trial ...

... In a 1999 ruling, Circuit Judge David Burnett rejected Echols' arguments that his trial lawyers Val Price and Scott Davidson of Jonesboro had a conflict of interest in representing him because they signed a contract with Creative Thinking ...

... and Ron Ross of Fenton, Mo. Ushers were Ed Pinter of North Little Rock, P.J. Weber of LaPorte, Texas, and Scott Davidson of Kansas City, Mo. The mother of the bride wore a two-piece ivory suit. The mother of the groom wore a long ...

... provide the kinds of resources often available to prosecutors. Mallett argued that Echols's lawyers --Val Price and Scott Davidson --were forced to accept the film producers' money in order to hire expert witnesses, but in doing so compromised ...