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Thread: James Allyson Lee - Georgia Death Row

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    James Allyson Lee - Georgia Death Row





    Facts of the Crime:

    Was sentenced to death by a Charlton County Superior Court jury. On November 17, 1996, he shot his 43-year-old stepmother, Sharon Varnadore Chancey, to death. Although Mr. Lee pleaded with the jury to spare him because he was not the same man who committed murder, when first questioned by police, Mr. Lee said killing was so easy it would be easy to do again.

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    On February 5, 2010, Lee filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/geo...cv00017/49828/

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    On September 19, 2017, Lee's habeas petition was denied in Federal District Court.

    https://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...00017/49828/98

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    It struck me that the date given for when he killed his stepmother didn't match her headstone, so i started poking around. A few sites listed that same date as the date of the murder, but then I ended up at a pen pal site for prisoners where someone was looking for information about a woman who, it ends up, participated in this murder. One entry on that site gave lots more information about the murder, and gave a date for the murder which is closer to, but doesn't match, the date on the headstone, but is three days later. Perhaps it took her three days to die after he shot her repeatedly in the face.

    Here is the additional information about the murder:

    Shannon is the former girlfriend of James Allyson Lee, who is also incarcerated in Georgia for Murder. The reason you couldn't locate information about her case is because she was only 16 at the time she participated in the Murder, and there has been a long-standing 'gag order' concerning her case.

    James Allyson Lee (22 years old at the time) and an accomplice (not Shannon) broke into a gun store on May 25, 1994, and stole several guns, including a ten millimeter Glock pistol. Afterwards, Lee and his girl friend (Shannon Yeoman) decided to drive to Pierce County to kill Lee's father and steal his father's Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. When Lee learned that his father was not home, he decided to kill his father's live-in girl friend, Sharon Chancey. In the early morning hours of May 26, 1994, Lee's girl friend, Shannon Yeoman lured the victim from the house by claiming that her Toyota had broken down nearby. When Ms. Chancey pulled up to the Toyota in the Silverado and got out, Lee shot her in the face and threw her in the back of the pickup. Lee, accompanied by Shannon Yeoman, then drove the truck to a secluded area in Charlton County. After dragging Ms. Chancey into the woods, Lee reached down to strip two rings from her that Shannon had expressed a desire to possess. Chancey was still alive, and grabbed Lee's arm. Lee responded by shooting her two more times in the face, killing her.

    After swapping the Silverado and Toyota license plates, Lee and Shannon drove to Florida in the pickup truck. While in Florida, Lee made several incriminating remarks to friends and Shannon's sister. At about 11:30 p.m. on May 26, 1994, Lee was stopped for a broken taillight and, after a check revealed that the Silverado was stolen, he was arrested. The ten millimeter Glock pistol was recovered from the Silverado, and this gun was determined by a firearms expert to be the murder weapon. The police also found Ms. Chancey's purse and identification in the Silverado. Lee gave several incriminating statements to various law enforcement officials in Florida and Georgia, including a videotaped confession at the crime scenes in Charlton and Pierce counties (in Georgia).

    At a separate trial in late May, 1997, Shannon Suanne Yeoman, 19, of Fernandina Beach - who was accused of luring the victim to her death - was convicted on two of six counts.

    http://www.writeaprisoner.com/vbforu...uesion-ya.html

    I don't know if we care, but here is her mugshot:

    http://thumbs.mugshots.com/gallery/i...ot.400x800.jpg

    Feel free to delete if we don't care about her mugshot.

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    Is he almost done with his appeals?

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    On March 20, 2019, Lee was granted a COA by the US District Court.

    https://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...0017/49828/125

    I've never seen a person get one denied than successfully ask and receive another one from the same court without a remand.
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    On April 16, 2019, Lee filed an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci.../ca11/19-11466

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    On May 20, 2020, oral arguments will be heard by the Eleventh Circuit.

    http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/d...8DP%29_Lee.pdf

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    In today's opinions, the 11th Circuit denied his appeal. The panel was made up of Newsom (Trump), Grant (Trump), and Senior Judge Ed Carnes (G.H.W. Bush).

    https://cases.justia.com/federal/app...?ts=1613079068
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    En banc rehearing denied April 19, 2021.

    Final petition for writ of certiorari filed September 16, 2021.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/21-5753.html
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