Facts of the Crime:
Briseno was convicted of the January 1991 murder of Dimmit County Sheriff Ben "Doc" Murray. Murray was killed inside his home following a violent struggle with Briseno and accomplice Alberto Gonzalez. The sheriff suffered numerous stab wounds inflicted with a butcher knife found buried in his chest. He had also been shot once in the head. Briseno and Gonzalez reportedly killed Murray to avenge previous arrests he had made against them.
Briseno was sentenced to death in September 1992.
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