One Of Two Men Accused In A Carter County Murder Case Will Not Face The Death Penalty. Anthony Lacy Plead Guilty To First Degree Murder In The Death Of Danny Vance In 2014. A Judge Ordered Lacy To Serve Life In Prison Without The Possibility Of Parole. Demetrice Cordell, A Co-Defendant, Plead Guilty To Facilitation Of First Degree Murder And Was Sentenced To 25 Years In Prison. Prosecutors Say The Two Men Went To Vance’s Home To Rob Him. At Some Point, Lacy Hit Vance Twice In The Back Of The Head With A Rock, Killing Him.