Assistant Cuyahoga County Public Defender Jack Greene said that Donnell Lindsey was wrongly accused of the killing within hours of the shooting because the drive-by gunfire that killed the boy came from the rental car his client used to deal heroin.
Greene's claim came during opening statements Wednesday afternoon in Lindsey's trial on aggravated murder and other charges. If convicted, Lindsey could spent the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Greene contended that those social media posts led eyewitnesses, police tipsters and investigators to focus in on Lindsey, instead of the three men who were actually in the car
Prosecutors plan to rely largely on eyewitness testimony from Major's mother, Brittany Anderson, and another member of the Benham Boys, Robert ""RJ" Scott, who each identified Lindsey as the gunman to investigators days after the shooting, Assistant Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Anna Faraglia said.