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    Freddie Fuiava - California Death Row




    Facts of the Crime:

    On May 12, 1995, Sheriff's Deputy Stephen Blair, a father of three and nine-year veteran of the force, was cut down by bullets after he and his partner stopped a group of men in Lynwood who tried to ditch a loaded handgun. Within 12 days, sheriff's investigators tracked down and arrested three gang members. Shooter Freddie Fuiava, a Lynwood gang member, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on August 19, 1996.

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    THE PEOPLE V FREDDIE FUIAVA

    Court upholds LA deputy killer's death penalty

    The California Supreme Court says the death penalty is an appropriate sentence for a gang member convicted of shooting to death a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy 17 years ago.

    The unanimous court on Monday rejected the self-defense claims of Freddie Fuiava.

    Deputy Stephen Blair was questioning Fuiava and another man in the Lynwood area of Los Angeles County after seeing them discard a loaded handgun on May 12, 1995.

    The defense claimed that Blair opened fire on Fuiava first. Prosecutors alleged Fuiava was the one to start shooting out of fear of returning to prison.

    The Supreme Court ruled that the jury and judge had a sound basis to convict Fuiava of first-degree murder. It said any legal error made during the trial was "harmless."

    http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...#ixzz1ldtPZxFo

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Fuiava's petition for writ of certiorari was DENIED.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of California
    Case Nos.: (S055652)
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    On December 12, 2012, Fuiava filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cal...v10646/549819/

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    Fuiava filed another habeas petition before the California Supreme Court on August 4, 2014, and it has been fully briefed since August 19, 2015.

    https://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca....lRICAgCg%3D%3D

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