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    Rory Enrique Conde - Florida








    Summary of Offense:

    On January 13, 1995, Rory Conde picked up a prostitute, Rhonda Dunn, and took her to his apartment. After twice engaging in sexual relations, Dunn got up to go to the bathroom. Conde followed her and began to manually strangle her from behind. Dunn and Conde struggled and fell to the floor, but Dunn eventually died from asphyxiation. Conde disposed of her body by driving it to another location and leaving it on the side of the road. In June of 1995, fire rescue personnel found a woman, who was naked and bound in duct tape, trapped in an apartment. While investigating the kidnapping, police found evidence in the apartment that linked the tenant to the six prostitute murders. The apartment was rented by Conde, and he became a suspect in the murders. After his arrest, Conde consented to searches of his apartment and car and the taking of saliva and blood samples. The day after his arrest, Conde confessed to the murders. DNA evidence linked Conde to six murders.

    The sequence of events in the Dunn murder occurred on five prior dates. On each occasion, Conde picked up prostitutes, engaged in sexual relations, strangled them, and disposed of the bodies. The five previous victims (and date of death) are: Lazaro Comesana (September 16, 1994), Elisa Martinez (October 8, 1994), Charity Nava (November 20, 1994), Wanda Crawford (November 25, 1994), and Necole Schneider (December 17, 1994). Conde stated that after each murder, he knelt over the body and verbally blamed the victim for his marital problems. The murders were preceded by the break-up of his marriage. Conde also engaged in post-mortem sexual relations with each of the victims.

    Conde was sentenced to death in Miami-Dade County on March 7, 2000.

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    Factors Contributing to the Delay in Imposition of Sentence:

    The Direct Appeal was pending for over three years (04/10/00 – 09/04/03). Additionally, the 3.851 Motion Appeal was pending for over three years (10/09/06 – 02/11/10).

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    On 04/10/00, Conde filed a Direct Appeal with the Florida Supreme Court, citing the following errors: denying challenges to six jurors; granting the State’s motion to strike a prospective juror; denying a motion for judgment of acquittal; admitting evidence of the prior murders; admitting testimony of collateral crimes, admitting evidence of police warnings to Dunn about a series of murders and Conde’s flight at the time of arrest; failing to limit prosecutorial comments during opening and closing arguments; denying a motion to suppress a confession; finding the aggravating circumstances; failing to find mitigating circumstances; admitting evidence about prior violent felonies; excluding mitigation testimony on the basis of a discovery violation; lacking proportionality regarding the death sentence; and Florida’s unconstitutional death penalty statute. On 09/04/03, the court affirmed the convictions and sentences.

    On 02/02/04, Conde filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court, which was denied on 04/05/04.

    On 03/24/05, Conde filed a 3.851 Motion with the Circuit Court and an Evidentiary Hearing was held on 09/07/06. On 09/29/06, the CC denied the motion.

    On 10/09/06, Conde filed a 3.851 Motion Appeal with the Florida Supreme Court, which was denied on 02/11/10.

    On 06/07/10, Conde filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with the United States District Court, Southern District, which is pending.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/flo...cv21848/358919

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    On March 3, 2015, Conde filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit over the presumable denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir.../ca11/15-10912

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