Despite the circumstances, Candy Montgomery left the McKinney, Texas, courthouse a free woman in 1980; her attorney, Don Crowder, seemed to struggle in the wake of the trial more so than his defendant.
For those who are unfamiliar with the story, Candy Montgomery killed Betty Gore, a friend and fellow parishioner, by stabbing her 41 times with an ax. All of this transpired after Betty approached Candy about her extramarital affair with her husband, Allan Gore. Crowder had never taken on a murder case prior to the Candy Montgomery trial, yet at the end of the day, his client was let go, as the jury found she had acted in self-defense.
