JACKSON, Tenn. (August 6, 2015) — 22-year old Charlie Pittman, accused of killing his fiancée Olivia Greenlee, has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and tampering with evidence.
The plea occurred Thursday morning in Circuit Court, Division 1, before Judge Roy Morgan.
Pittman was read the charges and the agreement. He was asked numerous times by the judge if he understood his rights. Pittman listened as District Attorney Jody Pickens read statement of facts regarding the prosecution’s case and asked if he understood. Afterwards the judge accepted the agreement and Pittman was sentenced to serve 40 years at 100 percent.
After the hearing Public Defender George Googe said both sides had worked very hard on this case and that the agreement meant that finally healing could begin for both families. Googe said the sentence did allow up to 15 percent for good behavior but that Pittman would be incarcerated for a long time.
Charlie Pittman was charged with 1st degree murder for February 2014 killing his fiancée, Olivia Greenlee.
Police say Pittman stole a 9 mm pistol from his roommate and used it to fatally shoot Greenlee as they sat in her car behind Luther Hall on the Union campus. Prosecutors alleged Pittman tried to stage the scene to look like a suicide.
Pittman and Greenlee were 21 and students at Union University at the time of her death.
Pittman’s case was scheduled for trial in November.
