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    Carlos Anthony Hawthorne II - California


    Carlos Anthony Hawthorne II

    Facts of the Crime:

    Convicted of first-degree murder for the August 25, 1996, shooting of Vanessa Sells, who died five days later as a result of three gunshot wounds to the head and base of her skull and neck. He also was found guilty of the attempted murder of Sells' daughter, who still had a bullet lodged in her head when Hawthorne was tried.

    Hawthorne was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on September 5, 1997.

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    On April 23, 2009, the California Supreme Court affirmed Hawthorne's death sentence on direct appeal.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S064769

    On October 5, 2009, the United States Supreme Court denied Hawthorne's certiorari petition.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/09-5093.htm

    On October 7, 2009, Hawthorne filed a habeas petition before the California Supreme Court.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S176951

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    Hawthorne's habeas case has been fully briefed before the California Supreme Court since September 16, 2015.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...9TICAgCg%3D%3D

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    On May 16, 2018, Hawthorne's case was remanded to the trial court on an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...9TICAgCg%3D%3D

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    Commuted to LWOP

    https://inmatelocator.cdcr.ca.gov/De...aspx?ID=K67900

    Hawthorne was one of the inmates Gascon was trying to get commuted
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