CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – A young couple convicted of the 2021 murder of an ex-boyfriend were both given life sentences in court Wednesday.
Arahmonie Majors was only 17 when he was gunned down by Robert Holland on the evening of Dec. 8, after being lured out of his home on Buckshot Drive by Miracle Bailey. Holland and Bailey were both 18 at the time.
According to previous Clarksville Now reports, Holland and Bailey were arrested and charged with murder. On a cell phone recovered from the scene, detectives found records of Instagram messages sent and received just moments before Majors’ death. The messages revealed he was lured out of his home by his ex-girlfriend, and her current boyfriend, Holland, was there waiting for him.
After the two life sentences were announced and court was in recess, family members of the defendants erupted into shouting confrontation with the victim’s family in the hallway, similar to the confrontation that occurred after the guilty verdicts were read at the January trial.
‘All the king’s horses and all the king’s men’
During sentencing on Wednesday in Judge William Goodman’s courtroom, Michael Pugh, the deputy district attorney, said that after much debate, Majors’ family decided not to make a statement. But they did request the mandatory life sentences. Both defendants also declined to make court statements.
“Miss Bailey is going to waive her right to say anything today,” Erin Poland, Bailey’s defense attorney, told Judge Goodman. “I would just like to address the court and acknowledge the fact that these things are very difficult for lawyers, courts, jurors and victims’ families. This has been an absolute nightmare that is sure to traumatize families for decades to come.”
Poland said she felt regret for anyone that was involved in this case and hoped that everyone learns from what has happened.
“A case like this is difficult to put out of one’s mind,” Goodman told the court. “I remember the facts very well. … Let me just say, this is another one of those cases, regardless of what we do here today, there’s no way that we can put the pieces of the pain and suffering and do away with them. The nursery rhyme, ‘All the king’s horses and all the king’s men,’ we can’t put those pieces back together again.
“We can only hope that as we go forward that people will think about actions and consequences of actions. ”
Life sentences
Goodman imposed a life sentence on Bailey to be served concurrently with the lesser charges against her:
- First-degree murder: Mandatory life sentence (51 years)
- Evading arrest flight – vehicle: 11 months and 29 days
- Joyriding/unauthorized use of auto/other vehicle: 11 months and 29 days
Holland also received a mandatory life sentence to be served concurrently with his other charges:
- First-degree murder: Mandatory life sentence (51 years)
- Evading arrest flight – vehicle: 11 months and 29 days
- Joyriding/unauthorized use of auto/other vehicle: 11 months and 29 days
- Evading arrest: 11 months and 29 days
Explosive fight in hallway
With the sentencing finished, court was placed on a 10-minute recess, and family members emptied out into the hallway. Seconds later, shouting and profanity could be heard echoing through the halls, and court officers raced out.
In the hallway, just outside Goodman’s courtroom, lawyers and court officers struggled to pry family members of Bailey and Holland away from the victim’s family.
One woman could be heard screaming “Burn in hell!” repeatedly.
“Your daughter and your son laid my brother on the (expletive) ground!” a family member of Majors shouted.
A court yelled over the commotion, “We’re not discussing, we’re not talking! Get them out of here!”
A similar scene unfolded at the courthouse on Jan. 27 when the trial concluded and a jury found Bailey and Holland guilty on all charges.