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    Ramiro Rubi Ibarra - Texas Death Row


    Ramiro Ibarra


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    Summary of Offense:

    On March 6, 1987, in McLennan County, Ibarra sexually assaulted and murdered Maria Zuniga, 16. The victim was looking after her two young nephews inside her home when she was attacked by Ibarra, a family acquaintance. She was beaten, raped and then strangled with an electrical cord.

    Ibarra has been on death row since December 10, 1997.

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    HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas death row inmate convicted of strangling and raping a teenage girl in Waco more than 20 years ago lost an appeal Monday before the U.S. Supreme Court, moving him closer to execution.

    The justices refused to review the case of Ramiro Rubi Ibarra, who has argued he was mentally retarded and ineligible for capital punishment under Supreme Court guidelines.

    The Mexican-born Ibarra, 53, also had been claiming he was denied legal assistance from the Mexican consulate following his arrest, a violation of Geneva Convention protections. The Supreme Court in March rejected that claim in another Texas case involving condemned prisoner Jose Medellin. He and Ibarra are among 14 Mexicans on death row in the state.

    Ibarra does not have an execution date. A federal district judge had issued a stay for Ibarra pending the outcome of the Medellin case. State attorneys said the outcome of that case should allow the stay to be lifted.

    Ibarra's lawyer, Russell Hunt Jr., did not immediately return a telephone call Monday from The Associated Press.

    In a state court hearing in 2006, Ibarra's lawyers argued the former construction worker had an IQ of 65, below the retardation threshold of 70. The judge conducting the hearing denied the claim after the only evidence of Ibarra's retardation came from an unsworn affidavit from a psychologist in Puerto Rico.

    The question of Ibarra's mental retardation never was an issue at his trial in Waco in 1997, a decade after the slaying.

    According to prison records, 16-year-old Maria Zuniga was looking after two young nephews at her family's home in Waco when she was attacked by Ibarra, a family acquaintance. She was beaten, raped and strangled with an electrical cord. Ibarra was arrested the day her body was found.

    Hair and blood sample evidence taken from him were thrown out by a judge after Ibarra's lawyer, John Segrest, showed the search warrant used by police was improper. Ibarra was released.

    A change in state law in 1995 allowed police to go back into the case, obtain another warrant and get evidence to tie Ibarra to the slaying. He was arrested in October 1996.

    Segrest later was elected district attorney in McLennan County and recused his office from the trial.

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    On November 3, 2011, Ibarra filed an appeal in the Fifth Circuit over the denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir.../ca5/11-70031/

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    Ramiro Ibarra v. Rick Thaler

    In today's opinions, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals DENIED Ibarra's Martinez claim.
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    RAMIRO RUBI IBARRA v RICK THALER

    In an opinion dated August 17, 2012, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals DENIED Ibarra a COA on claims of mental retardation, ineffective trial counsel and breach of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
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    RAMIRO RUBI IBARRA v. WILLIAM STEPHENS

    Treating the Appellant’s motion for en banc rehearing as a motion for panel rehearing, and given the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Trevino v. Thaler, 133 S. Ct. 1911 (2013), the court GRANTS the motion for rehearing in part. We hereby VACATE our prior panel decision only to the extent inconsistent with Trevino and grant a COA only to that extent; in all other respects, the majority and dissenting opinions remain in effect. In light of this new authority, we VACATE the district court’s order to the extent inconsistent with Trevino and REMAND to the district court for proceedings consistent herewith.

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    On May 19, 2017, Ibarra filed an appeal before the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...s/ca5/17-70014
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    COA granted in part and denied in part today by the 5th Circuit.

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...17-70014.0.pdf

    The denial was for the Atkins claim, while the grant was for an IATC claim.

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Ibarra's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Case Numbers: (17-70014)
    Decision Date: June 19, 2018

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-6062.html

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    Habeas relief denied today by the 5th Circuit. Judge Graves dissented.

    https://cases.justia.com/federal/app...?ts=1566840599
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