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Posted: 1:37 PM Nov 2, 2009
Letalvis Cobbins moved to max security prison
Convicted killer Letalvis Cobbins has been moved to the maximum-security West Tennessee State Penitentiary, a move sparked, in part, by a complaint from State Sen. Tim Burchett, according Correction Commissioner George Little.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Convicted killer Letalvis Cobbins has been moved to a maximum-security prison.
The 26-year-old Cobbins was convicted in August of first-degree murder in the Knoxville torture slaying of Channon Christian and facilitating the murder of her boyfriend Christopher Newsom in 2007.
The victims' families were outraged to learn Cobbins was sent to a medium-security prison to serve his life-without-parole sentence.
After receiving a complaint from state Sen. Tim Burchett of Knoxville, Correction Commissioner George Little decided that maximum-security West Tennessee State Penitentiary would be more appropriate.
Corrections spokeswoman Dorinda Carter says Cobbins arrived Monday at the penitentiary.
Meanwhile, Cobbins' brother, Lemaricus Davidson, was taken to Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville within hours of being sentenced to death Friday in the Christian-Newsom slayings.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
