Appeals court: Chainsaw case gets new trial

Odessa American, Texas

Armed robber gets 80 years; disrupts courtroom

Oct. 21—Assistant Ector County District Attorney Elizabeth Howard pleaded with a jury Thursday to send the man they convicted of aggravated robbery, Isaac Jackson, to life in prison. She told them he has proven time and again he can’t follow the rules, even in the courtroom. A little more than an hour later, they gave Jackson 80 years. Five minutes after that, he disrupted the proceeding, …