Anthony Haynes (1999)
Anthony Haynes (2012)
Summary of Offense:
On May 22, 1998, in Houston, Haynes and a co-defendant, Michael Turner, shot and killed Houston police officer Sgt. Kent Kincaid.
At around 10:30 p.m. off-duty Houston Police Department Officer Kent Kincaid and his wife left their home in a private vehicle on their way to meet some friends at a sports bar. As they drove past a truck driven by Haynes, something hit an cracked the Kincaid[s’] windshield. Officer Kincaid thought someone threw a rock at his car; Haynes had actually fired a shot at them.
Officer Kincaid turned his car around and followed Haynes’ vehicle until the two pulled along side each other.
Officer Kincaid exited his vehicle, approached Haynes whore mained sitting in his truck, and said “You hit my window.”
Haynes replied, “I accidentally threw something at your window.”
Officer Kincaid said, “I am a police officer. Let's talk about it.” After asking for Haynes’ license, [O]fficer Kincaid reached towards his back pocket, presumably to retrieve his police identification. Haynes lifted up a pistol, shot [O]fficer Kincaid in the head, and fled the scene. Officer Kincaid died a few hours later.
The police soon arrested Haynes. Haynes confessed to [O]fficer Kincaid's murder. The State of Texas charged Haynes with the capital murder of a peace officer who was “acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty[.]”
Tex. Penal Code § 19.03(a) (1). A jury convicted Haynes of capital murder. After a separate punishment hearing, the jury answered Texas’s special issues in a manner requiring the imposition of a death sentence. Haynes unsuccessfully sought state appellate and habeas relief from his conviction and sentence.
Haynes was sentenced to death in Harris County in November 1999.
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