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    Paul David Storey - Texas Death Row


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    Summary of Offense:

    Convicted and sentenced to death in the murder of Jonas Cherry, 28, on October 16, 2006 at the Putt-Putt Golf & Games in Hurst during the course of a robbery.

    Storey was sentenced to death in Tarrant County in September 2008.

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    September 12, 2008

    Paul Storey Sentenced to Death

    FORT WORTH -- A former Putt-Putt employee convicted of killing an assistant manager at the Hurst business and robbing it of less than $700 in 2006 is now scheduled to die for his crime.

    A Tarrant County jury of seven men and five women sentenced Paul David Storey, 23, Friday to death by lethal injection after deliberating less than two hours.

    Prosecutors Christy Jack and Robert Foran sought the death penalty against the Fort Worth man for killing Jonas Cherry, 28, on Oct. 16, 2006 at the Putt-Putt Golf & Games in Hurst.

    The same jury convicted Storey of capital murder on Wednesday.

    The man who police say was his accomplice, Mark Porter, 22, is also charged with capital murder in the shooting death. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Porter whose trial is scheduled in the next few weeks.

    Storey and another bandit rushed into the Hurst business on the morning of Oct. 16, 2006 and herded Cherry into an office, according to testimony in the trial.

    After removing surveillance tapes in the office, the robbers ordered Cherry to open a safe and fill a bag with cash.

    Cherry was shot twice in the head and twice in the legs as he knelt and begged for his life, according to the testimony.

    The robbers then fled.

    Investigators got a lead after they found a surveillance tape that the bandits missed. The images showed a maroon two-door Ford Explorer leaving Putt-Putt.

    Hurst police received a tip that the vehicle belonged to Storey.

    http://www.star-telegram.com/news/story/904772.html

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    On October 6, 2010, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Storey's conviction.

    Opinion is here:

    http://www.cca.courts.state.tx.us/OP...PINIONID=20164

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    Fort Worth man's death sentence is upheld

    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on Wednesday upheld the conviction of a Fort Worth man sent to Death Row for killing an employee of a Hurst golf-and-games center during a robbery in 2006.

    Paul David Storey, 26, raised what his lawyers contended were 16 points of error from his 2008 trial. Most focused on jury selection, instructions to potential jurors and whether state District Judge Elizabeth Berry improperly allowed into evidence Storey's statements to police in which he acknowledged participating in the robbery-slaying.

    The justices rejected all of his arguments.

    Storey was convicted of gunning down Jonas Cherry, 28, of Keller, at Putt-Putt Golf and Games center in Hurst in October 2006. He and co-defendant Mark Porter collected about $150 in the robbery.

    In his appeal, Storey argued that his statements to police were involuntary and the result of duress, coercion and improper promises.

    Storey does not have an execution date and could still pursue appeals in the federal courts.

    http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/10...#ixzz13K9Le65p

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Storey's petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis were DENIED.

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    EX PARTE PAUL DAVID STOREY IN CAUSE NO. C-3-009076-1042204-A

    In today's Texas Court of Criminal Appeals' orders, Storey's application for habeas relief was DENIED.

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    On June 23, 2011, Storey filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/tex...v00433/207277/

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    This case is moving pretty quickly...

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    On June 9, 2014, Storey's habeas petition was DENIED in Federal District Court.

    http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal...0433/207277/39

    On July 7, 2014, Storey filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...s/ca5/14-70023

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    COA denied by the 5th Circuit yesterday based on IAC and Batson claims:

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...14-70023.0.pdf

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