Opinion ID: 2782886
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Glenda Everett

Text: Glenda testified that she told Everett’s defense team in preparation for the penalty phase trial that Everett was a good, non-violent child and that the family had moved around a lot while he was growing up. Glenda testified as to the specifics of the family’s moves, explaining that she and Sidney had marital problems because of his drinking. She and Sidney first divorced in 1984, after which she and her children moved from Fort Payne, Alabama, to Sylvania, Georgia, where Everett started kindergarten. After about a year and a half, in January 1986, while Everett was in the first grade, Glenda and the children moved back to Fort Payne when she and Sidney remarried. Then, in November 1986, Glenda again moved herself and the children back to Sylvania, where Everett attended the same school that he had before. Around the beginning of the next school year, Glenda and her children returned to Fort Payne. In 1987 to 1988, Everett attended the same school as before, and the family remained for a full school year. Glenda and Everett then moved back to Sylvania after the end of that school year. Everett was able to make friends with other children, but his friendships were interrupted by the moves. 38 Case: 14-11857 Date Filed: 02/27/2015 Page: 39 of 87 Glenda further testified that Sidney “spent a lot of time with [Everett],” but she did not consider Sidney to be a good influence on him. When he was fourteen years old, Everett moved in with his father, and he eventually dropped out of school. In her testimony, Glenda indicated that Smith had not asked her a lot of questions about this part of Everett’s life and that he had interviewed her only once. On cross-examination, Glenda admitted that she could not tell when Everett was on drugs and when he was not. But she did become aware that he “was into drugs real heavy” not long before the murder.