Co-Defendant's Testimony 

Darnell McCoy

Co-Defendant

The following testimony that you are about to read, is that of Darnell McCoy. Also known as Na-Na.

Darnell whom is originally from California was 23 years old at the time of the offense.

Clinton Young met Darnell McCoy through mutual friends in Ore City, Texas.

Darnell was the ONLY co-defendant in this case to not get arrested. This was the biggest motivator in getting him to testify. Not only did he avoid arrest on the capital murder charge,  he as well avoided prosecution on several other charges that he caught while waiting on Clinton to go to trial. To support this we have included arrest reports from the Longview Police Dept.

Mr. McCoy was also arrested for the aggravated sexual assault of a 14 year old girl. He avoided prosecution of this charge due to the prosecutors desire to keep him as a clean witness and the victims refusal to submit a rape kit.  The victim has since, met with Mr. Young’s Attorney confirming that the act took place and described it as an “un-pleasant experience made worse because I was on my period.”  She stated that she didn’t want to do the rape kit test as she didn’t want them touching her.  In the trial transcripts her last name was marked out to protect her identity. 

You will see in his testimony,  that Mr. McCoy clearly tries to put Clinton in the worst possible light that he can.  You will also see that when Clinton’s Attorney’s got the opportunity to cross examine Mr. McCoy his story starts to un-ravel. 

His testimony conflicts with numerous statements given.  Prior to his trial,  Mr. McCoy admitted that the police stayed in constant contact with him leading up to the trial.  We have also included a post conviction statement given my Clinton’s investigator.  This investigator had the opportunity to speak to Mr. McCoy’s wife, Patricia McCoy.  She stated that it was clear to them that Darnell McCoy’s freedom was a reward for his testimony against Clinton.

In Mr. McCoy’s testimony, he made it seem like he ran to the phone to call police.  That is simply not true.  His wife is the one that called the police and he tried to stop her.  You will also notice a conflict in the description of the weapon that Clinton is alleged to have had.  The question is, if Clinton was in possession of a pistol labeled as a Colt Huntsman .22 cal.  The gun was sold to the co-defendant, David Page for $50 hours prior to the murder of Doyle Douglas. 

Every co-defendant that testified made it seem that everyone had a gun except for themselves.  The chrome pistol that Mr. McCoy describes was a 6.35 mm mauser with and extend clip. (a Clip is properly known as a magazine) That is what holds the bullets in the gun.

This gun was not used in the offense.  It was well was given to another person before the offense. Darnell was unaware of this.  This person, upon hearing of this murder, turned the weapon over to police with its standard clip.

Prior to Mr. McCoy testifying in this case,  he was able to read other statements and reports.  The only reason for this is to help McCoy get his story straight.

You will also read how Mr. McCoy refused to talk with any of Clinton’s attorney’s and/or investigators.

Mr. McCoy claims he was basically held hostage, yet you will read how he was in possession of a loaded gun!

McCoy also states that he was sitting in the middle of the backseat when Doyle Douglas was shot.  EVERY other person present at the time state that McCoy was sitting directly behind Clinton.  The reason for him to lie about this, is due to him saying that Clinton shot Doyle Douglas.

Darnell McCoy stated that Clinton held the gun in his lap,  and tilted the barrel upwards and shot Doyle in this manner.  This is a very important detail.  It becomes even more important once the medical examiner that conducted the autopsy of Doyle Douglas testifies.

Mr. McCoy has to say he was sitting in the middle as if he admitted that he was sitting directly behind Clinton due to the fact that the car had no dome light and it was around midnight,  there is no way that Mr. McCoy could have seen Clinton shoot Doyle Douglas, if Clinton had. Which he did not.

Another important detail is where Mr. McCoy states that David Page was at when Doyle Douglas was shot.  Many of McCoy’s claims are simply un-realistic. You will read where he claims that Clinton was walking around with three guns in his waistband.  One of the weapons being a .38 colt police edition revolver.  This weapon alone, weighs over 2 pounds.

Mr. McCoy claims Mark Ray use the .38 to shoot Doyle.  This as well is false.  In Mr. McCoy’s effort to push all the negative light away from himself, he puts weapons in everyone’s hands except his own.

To this day, Mr. McCoy has still not been prosecuted for this or any other offense committed prior to, during or while waiting for Clinton to go to trial.

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