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    John Galen Davenport - California Death Row




    Summary of Offense:

    On March 27, 1980, Davenport tortured, raped and murdered 30-year-old Gayle Ann Lingle, a Tustin woman, whose body was found abandoned in a vacant field in Irvine in 1980. A pathologist testified that Davenport, a motorcyclist who was known as "Honda Dave," impaled his victim on a wooden stake while she was still alive.

    Originally sentenced to death in Orange County on November 4, 1981 and resentenced to death after a new penalty trial on June 26, 1990.

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    On December 11, 1995, the California Supreme Court affirmed Davenport's sentence on direct appeal.

    On August 23, 2007, Davenport filed a state habeas petition.

    http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/p...avenport-31220

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    Davenport's state habeas petition has been fully briefed before the California Supreme Court since May 15, 2009.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S155689

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    Davenport's last habeas petition was denied on February 11, 2015 by the California Supreme Court.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S155689

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