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    Michael Stephen Combs - California Death Row






    Michael Stephen Combs


    Facts of the Crime:

    Sentenced to death in San Bernardino County on June 21, 1993 for the October 24, 1990 murder of Janine Lee. Prosecutors said Combs tricked Lee into driving him and his co-defendant, Cynthia Purcell, who was tried separately, to Calico Ghost Town. A week after the killing, Combs and Purcell were arrested in Arizona after they had an accident while driving Lee’s car. Combs confessed, saying he strangled Lee from the back seat and stole her car, as he had planned to do all along.

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    On June 30, 2005, Combs filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cal...v04777/175536/

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    Diagnosis

    Bipolar disorder, brain damage

    Competence

    Diagnoses include organic brain damage, bipolar disorder and fetal alcohol syndrome. Described as hostile and aggressive, Combs was moved to inpatient psychiatric care in 2014.

    Legal

    Questions of Combs’ competency for execution were rejected as premature by the state Supreme Court and raised in 2013 in Comb’s federal appeal.

    http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-ln-death-row-20/

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    On October 4, 2019, United States District Judge Otis Wright (G.W. Bush) DENIED Combs' habeas petition.

    https://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...777/175536/159

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