Draggingtree Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 Garcia White Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 6:00 pm Execution Sent to death row for the 1989 slayings of 16-year-old twin sisters with whom he had an argument while smoking crack cocaine at their home. White asserted in appeals that jury selection, jury instructions, his statements to police, and the judge's punishment charge were all improper. During White's trial, Houston Police analysts testified that DNA from the crime scene matched his. But retest results made public in 2004 by the prosecutor's office indicated a private lab was unable to duplicate the results. Backpage on Garcia White Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 6:00 pm Execution Condemned in the sexual assault and slaying of a Tyler woman during a burglary in 1996. He appealed his conviction and death sentence, saying prosecutors used illegal tactics to exclude minorities from the jury and presented insufficient evidence at trial. Ladd also challenged the judge's instruction to jurors that they had the option to convict him under the Texas law of parties. Backpage on Robert Ladd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted January 28, 2015 Author Share Posted January 28, 2015 Garcia White Texas court halts Wednesday execution for death row inmateReuters - 16 hours ago AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has halted Wednesday's .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 DOB: 3-19-57. Age at time of offense: 39. Current age: 57. Years on death row:17Date of offense: 9-25-96Smith CountyCo- Defendant: Johnny RobinsonVictim: Vicki Ann GardnerPrior Prison Record: Unknown sentence of 1975; life for 1980 Murder in DallasCounty.Facts: Vicki Ann Garner entertained a friend at her apartment in Tyler. Thefriend left around 8:15 p.m. Sometime between 9:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. that sameevening, Robert Ladd met with John T. Robertson at Robertson's residence inTyler. Robertson lived less than one mile from Garner's apartment. Ladd gaveRobertson several small household appliances and other items in exchange forfive "rocks" of "crack" cocaine. One of the appliances was an RCA videocassetterecorder, serial number 619320052. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draggingtree Posted February 3, 2015 Author Share Posted February 3, 2015 Court allows Texas execution (UPDATED)By Lyle Denniston on Jan 29, 2015 at 7:27 pm UPDATE: After a twenty-seven minute procedure, Robert Ladd was pronounced dead at 7:02 p.m. Central time. ————– The Supreme Court on Thursday evening cleared the way for Texas to execute death-row inmate Robert Charles Ladd, a new indication that the Justices will leave states with wide leeway to carry out the death penalty. With no noted dissents, the Court turned down two pleas for delay of Ladd’s execution, here and here. The first of those pleas was a challenge to Ladd’s execution on the claim that he is mentally handicapped, and the second was a challenge to the lethal-drug protocol that Texas uses for executions. Those are the two kinds of claims that have become common in last-minute attempts to spare condemned inmates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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