Officer Daniel Nagle
Summary of Offense:
On December 17, 1999, Pruett physically assaulted a male correctional officer, Daniel Nagle, at the McConnell Unit in Bee County, resulting in his death.
Pruett was sentenced to death in April 2002.
Officer Daniel Nagle
Summary of Offense:
On December 17, 1999, Pruett physically assaulted a male correctional officer, Daniel Nagle, at the McConnell Unit in Bee County, resulting in his death.
Pruett was sentenced to death in April 2002.
On September 9, 2010, Pruett filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over the denial of his habeas petition by the Federal District Court.
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir.../ca5/10-70024/
Media Advisory: Robert Lynn Pruett scheduled for execution
AUSTIN – Pursuant to a court order by the 156th District Court of Bee County, Robert Lynn Pruett is scheduled for execution.
In 2002, a Bee County jury found Pruett guilty of murdering Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Correctional Officer Daniel Nagle while Pruett was incarcerated in the McConnell Unit of TDCJ.
FACTS OF THE CASE
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit described the facts surrounding the murder of Daniel Nagle as follows:
Pruett was sentenced to 99 years in prison for his role in the 1995 murder of Ray Yarborough. His father and brother were also convicted for their roles in the Yarborough murder.
On December 17, 1999, while in prison, Pruett missed getting a hot lunch and was given a sack lunch. He attempted to take his lunch into the recreation area, which was in violation of prison rules. Officer Nagle told Pruett that he needed to eat his lunch before going to the recreation area, and wrote a disciplinary charge against Pruett. Later that afternoon, when Nagle was in his office adjoining a multi-purpose room, Pruett stabbed Nagle eight times with a “shank” made of a metal rod sharpened to a point at one end, and wrapped in tape at the other end. According to the autopsy report, Nagle died from a heart attack that he suffered as a result of the trauma caused by the stab wounds. The murder weapon and a torn disciplinary report against Pruett, charging him with attempting to take food into an unauthorized area, were found at the scene of the attack.
John Lee Davis of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Office of Inspector General testified that after Pruett was arrested, Pruett stated, “Go ahead and run that disciplinary case on me now. Oop[s], I want to call my first witness, Officer Nagle. Oops, he’s dead.” Davis said that Pruett then began laughing.
Much of the remaining evidence against Pruett consisted of testimony from inmates. Inmates Allen Thompson and Johnny Barnett testified that they were in the multi-purpose room and saw and heard Pruett attacking Nagle. Inmate Anthony Casey testified that he heard Pruett talking about a weapon with another inmate before the attack. Casey, through a recreation yard window, later saw Pruett near Nagle’s desk, and then saw Pruett remove his clothing in a hallway and push it through a gas port into the recreation yard. Inmates James Dale Keller, Robert Michael Lewis, and Jimmy Mullican testified that they witnessed Pruett’s attack on Nagle from the craft shop across from the multi-purpose room. Inmate Harold Mitchell testified that he was in the multi-purpose room before the attack. He said that Pruett came into the room and suggested that he leave because Pruett was going to “do something.” When Mitchell questioned Pruett, Pruett said that he was going to kill Nagle. According to Mitchell, Pruett said that he was tired of life in prison and wasn’t going to kill himself, but didn’t have a problem making the State do it for him.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On June 26, 2001, a Bee County grand jury indicted Pruett for murdering Daniel Nagle.
On April 23, 2002, a Bee County jury convicted Pruett of capital murder. After a separate punishment proceeding, the same jury sentenced Pruett to death on April 30, 2002.
On Sept. 22, 2004, Pruett’s conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on direct appeal. Pruett did not appeal the state court’s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. Instead, he filed an application for habeas corpus relief which was denied by the Court of Criminal Appeals on Oct. 19, 2005.
On Oct. 18, 2006, Pruett filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division. The federal court denied Pruett’s petition on Aug. 10, 2010.
On Dec. 27, 2011, the Fifth Circuit rejected Pruett’s appeal and affirmed the district court’s denial of habeas corpus relief.
Pruett filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court on May 12, 2012, but the Supreme Court denied certiorari review on Oct. 1, 2012.
On Feb. 11, 2013, the 156th state district court issued an order setting Pruett’s execution date for May 21, 2013.
On May 9, 2013, Pruett filed in Bee County district court a motion for post-conviction DNA and palm print testing and a motion to withdraw the execution date.
Media Advisory: Robert Lynn Pruett scheduled for execution
AUSTIN – Pursuant to a court order by the 156th District Court of Bee County, Robert Lynn Pruett is scheduled for execution.
In 2002, a Bee County jury found Pruett guilty of murdering Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) Correctional Officer Daniel Nagle while Pruett was incarcerated in the McConnell Unit of TDCJ.
PRIOR CRIMINAL HISTORY
Under Texas law, the rules of evidence prevent certain prior criminal acts from being presented to a jury during the guilt-innocence phase of the trial. However, once a defendant is found guilty, jurors are presented information about the defendant’s prior criminal conduct during the second phase of the trial – which is when they determine the defendant’s punishment.
During the penalty phase of Pruett’s trial, jurors learned that Pruett was convicted of murder in 1995 and sentenced to life imprisonment. Pruett was serving this life sentence when he murdered Daniel Nagle.
An uninformed opponent is a dangerous opponent.
"Y'all be makin shit up" ~ Markeith Loyd
Kinda...
State judge delays execution set for next week
A state district judge has put off next week's scheduled execution of a Texas inmate condemned for the slaying of a corrections officer at a South Texas prison in 1999.
Robert Pruett faced lethal injection May 21 for the fatal stabbing of Dan Nagle, a corrections officer at the McConnell Unit prison near Beeville. Attorneys for Pruett want additional DNA testing in his case. Prosecutors agreed to a 60-day delay.
State District Judge Ronald Yeager in Bee County on Tuesday formally withdrew next week's execution date. The judge also set a hearing for June 3 to address questions about the forensic testing and a new execution setting.
Pruett has denied killing the officer. At the time of the attack, Pruett already was serving 99 years for a Harris County slaying.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/art...#ixzz2TOkX5MTj
An uninformed opponent is a dangerous opponent.
"Y'all be makin shit up" ~ Markeith Loyd
They've had since 1999 to deal with this. These delays are out of control.
Death row inmate Pruett faces May 21 execution date for 1999 killing of Texas prison guard
A condemned killer faces execution May 21 for the 1999 stabbing death of a Texas prison guard.
The Corpus Christi Caller-Times (http://bit.ly/1ftv2EB ) reports a judge Wednesday set the execution date for Robert Pruett.
Judge Bert Richardson ruled DNA testing would not have changed a jury's decision. Additional DNA testing ordered last year also led to inconclusive results.
Dan Nagle was a guard at the McDonnell Unit near Beeville. Prosecutors say Pruett, who was serving 99 years for a Harris County slaying, was mad over Nagle's disciplinary report about the inmate trying to take a sack lunch to a recreation yard.
Pruett faced execution last year but the penalty was halted to allow additional DNA testing on a partial palm print on the report. The source of the print remains unknown.
http://www.dailyjournal.net/view/sto.../#.UyHQa86FhbE
An uninformed opponent is a dangerous opponent.
"Y'all be makin shit up" ~ Markeith Loyd
Good. Exactly one year after the original date.
2 condemned Texas killers lose appeals
A federal appeals court has refused appeals from two Texas death row inmates, including one condemned for killing a corrections officer 12 years ago while already serving a life sentence for murder.
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected arguments from 32-year-old Robert Pruett and 39-year-old Bobby Lee Hines.
Pruett in December 1999 was at the McConnell Unit prison near Beeville in South Texas, serving 99 years for a slaying in Harris County, when he used a shank to fatally stab a corrections officer.
Hines was condemned for the 1991 death of a 26-year-old woman at her Dallas apartment. He was 19 at the time and on probation from a 10-year burglary sentence after spending three months in a boot camp.
http://www.khou.com/news/local/2-con...136310983.html
In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Pruett's petition for writ of certiorari was DENIED.
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