Each person below is held to their own words and their own paperwork. Every entry names the record on both sides. Entries marked being checked are still being compared against the original page or recording.
Hearing quotes come from the official court-reporter transcripts; our copies were machine-read from paper and are being checked against the certified originals.
Det. Corey Stokes, lead detective
“What Ring camera?”
What was said
Under oath: “What Ring camera?” and “Everything that we took from Teakwood and Stockton is on the crime scene report. Everything.” The Court relied on his answer.
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
What the record shows
His own initial report lists “Multiple camera and audio equipment active in the residence.” At the same hearing the prosecutor said: “There was a camera system.” No footage has been produced. being checked
Stokes initial report, complaint 20-052161, p. 3; Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
Which car was “located again”?
What was said
Under oath, explaining the June 8 search warrants: Randall’s “car was then located again on the Stockton Drive.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
What the record shows
On May 28, 2020, Randall’s Mitsubishi was in Coffee County with Derik Brown. His gold Grand Am turned up in South Pittsburg on June 3. Stokes’s own report lists the Stockton vehicle as a “Mercedes Benz (Holland).” being checked
Simmons narrative; 911/CAD record 2020-05-41741; Stokes initial report
“Three times” to Coffee County
What was said
Under oath: “I actually traveled to Coffee County three times.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
What the record shows
His report records two trips: June 10 and June 18, 2020. being checked
Stokes initial report
The lead detective who never testified
What was said
“I never interviewed Brittany. My coworkers did,” because he “had since separated from the unit.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
What the record shows
The State never called its lead detective at trial. ADA Minor: “we didn’t even call Detective Stokes in the case.”
Motion for new trial hearing, June 13, 2025
Three holes, one bullet
What was said
The State’s case is one shot fired at Teakwood.
Trial record
What the record shows
Stokes’s report records “Three impact bullet holes in the rear bedroom door and wall.” The evidence inventory logs one projectile. being checked
Stokes initial report, p. 3; Evidence Inventory 20-052168, Item 7
The clothes
What was said
Under oath: the body wore “the clothing that he was wearing when he was last seen on his mother’s Ring camera.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
What the record shows
The missing-person report described a white short-sleeve hoodie, blue jean shorts and white tennis shoes. The autopsy describes blue jean pants with a black belt and gray shoes. being checked
Missing-person supplement (Blount); autopsy report MEC20-2121
The prosecutors: ADA Paul Moyle and ADA Charles Minor
Brown was lined up in 2023
What was said
April 8, 2024, five weeks before trial: “We did not learn of the proffer until the day before we traveled.”
State letter, April 8, 2024
What the record shows
The trial-court docket shows a State writ to bring Derik Brown from the Bradley County Jail on August 29, 2023 “to provide testimony.” The Court had ordered all Brady and Giglio material turned over on April 28, 2023. being checked
Rule docket 311081; pretrial hearing, April 28, 2023
A theory withdrawn, then told to the jury
What was said
May 6, 2024: the State moved to strike its notice on “the sale of the counterfeit controlled substance prior to the homicide.”
Pretrial hearing, May 6, 2024, p. 3, as read into the record June 13, 2025
What the record shows
In opening statement the State told the jury Randall “had recently made a purchase from Mr. Holland, and he wanted a refund.” On July 2, 2025, the same prosecutor said of the drug evidence: “I don’t even believe that that came out at trial.” being checked
Trial transcript Vol. I, pp. 14–15; Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
The bill of particulars that never came
What was said
April 23, 2024: “the State would be willing to do a bill of particulars to help ferret out and pin down exactly what we’re going for.”
Pretrial hearing, April 23, 2024, p. 9, as read into the record June 13, 2025
What the record shows
No bill of particulars was ever filed. The Court on July 2, 2025: “I said to him, excellent, you should provide that bill of particulars,” and later, “One was never sought.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
Brown’s uncharged crimes
What was said
The State told the Court Brown wanted no benefit for his testimony.
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
What the record shows
At sentencing the State itself said Brown “was not charged with tampering with evidence or abuse of a corpse.”
Sentencing transcript, Oct. 25, 2024, p. 48
The Court: Judge Amanda B. Dunn
Blocked the impeachment, then found none
What was said
June 13: “This is not an opportunity for you to reask Ms. Lanham all these questions,” sustaining objections to pointing out inconsistencies.
Motion for new trial hearing, June 13, 2025
What the record shows
July 2: “there’s not once been shown to this Court any impeachment of her testimony.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
25 days, not 30 or 33
What was said
Defending the decomposition photos: the body was found “approximately 30 days … it might have been 33 days later,” making the photos “exceptionally probative.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
What the record shows
Randall disappeared May 27, 2020. The body was found June 21, 2020, 3:50 PM: 25 days.
Forensic Medical Verification of Death, MNT Exhibit 1
“The exact same charge” or “four new charges”?
What was said
June 13 on the superseding indictment: “It’s the exact same charge … They’re not all new charges.”
Motion for new trial hearing, June 13, 2025
What the record shows
July 2: “It added four new charges in the superseding indictment on April 10th of 2024.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025
“Only under the direction of Mr. Holland”
What was said
At sentencing: Brown and Green acted “only under the direction of Mr. Holland. They had really no other reason.”
Sentencing transcript, Oct. 25, 2024, p. 73
What the record shows
Brown at trial: “I’m not obligated to do it. If I did it, I did it on my own terms.” being checked
Trial transcript Vol. XIV, p. 447
Who pointed first
What was said
At trial Donyell was removed during the State’s closing.
Trial record
What the record shows
The Court’s own later account: “I think that Mr. Minor pointed his finger at Mr. Holland.”
Motion for new trial hearing, July 2, 2025