Celebrating a Court Victory

ID: 1961 ~ Source: Source: Coker Jr., Gary J., Interviewed by Rebekah Ann Crowe, November 20, 2003 in Waco, TX. Baylor University Institute for Oral History. View full interview.
This file appears in: The Branch Davidians

Gary J. Coker Jr., who defended Vernon Howell and his followers in court, recalls a celebration event the Branch Davidians held after the verdict.

This file appears in: The Branch Davidians

By Ashley Yeaman
Often confused with the Davidians, the Branch Davidians are a splinter group organized in 1955 by Ben Roden following the death of Davidian founder Victor T. Houteff. Houteff had founded the Davidians, a small Adventist reform movement, in 1929. Six…