2023-10-06

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Potter County man found guilty of 2017 murder, sentenced to 33 years in prison

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – According to an announcement from the 47th Judicial District Attorney’s Office, one man out of two indicted in connection to the death of 21-year-old Gregory Lynn Battee in 2017 was found guilty of murder and sentenced in early October.

The DA’s office said that after a five-day trial, Samuel Eugene Wilson was found guilty on Oct. 6 for the murder of Battee in March 2017, and sentenced to 33 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Battee was found dead from a gunshot wound in a northwest Amarillo home in 2017. Two men, Wilson and Charles Lynn Pruitt surrendered themselves to Amarillo police a few days later and were both indicted in connection to the shooting in May 2017.

Pruitt, as of October 2023, was still awaiting trial.