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Thread: Scotty Garnell Morrow - Georgia Execution - May 2, 2019

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    Scotty Garnell Morrow - Georgia Execution - May 2, 2019




    Summary of Offense:

    Morrow was given a death sentence in 1999 for the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend, Barbara Ann Young, and her friend, Tonya Woods, in Gainesville in 1994.

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    Georgia Supreme Court reinstates death penalty for man convicted of 1994 Hall County slayings

    ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court has reinstated a man's death sentence for a pair of 1994 Hall County slayings after a lower court had thrown out the punishment.

    Scotty Garnell Morrow went to the home of his former girlfriend, Barbara Ann Young, after she broke off the relationship, prosecutors said. He was accused of killing her and her friend Tonya Woods and wounding a third woman.

    Morrow argued that his trial lawyers were not effective at his sentencing, partly because they failed to introduce mitigating evidence that he'd been abused, and a lower court dismissed the death sentence. But in its opinion released Monday, the high court said his lawyers performed adequately.

    Morrow grabbed Young by the hair and shot her in the head at point-blank range as her 5-year-old son watched from his hiding place in a bedroom, prosecutors said.

    Morrow later placed the muzzle of a pistol an inch from Woods' chin and killed her with a shot to the head, authorities said.

    He's also accused of shooting LaToya Horne three times in her face and arm, then cutting the telephone line and fleeing the house. Despite her injuries, she was able to run to a neighbor's house.

    Morrow later confessed to the shooting spree, saying at his trial that he wanted Woods "to shut up."

    A lower court this year threw out the sentence, finding that Morrow was denied effective legal help during the sentencing phase of his trial.

    The high court disagreed, and said in its unanimous decision released Monday that Morrow's lawyers performed adequately.

    This case "involves two especially brutal murders and clear evidence of escalating prior violence toward the main target of Morrow's discontent, Ms. Young," the court opinion states.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...ce-Reinstated/

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    On March 8, 2012, Morrow filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/geo...v00051/181848/

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

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    For clarification purposes, this cert denial was on his state habeas petition. His federal habeas petition is still pending.

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    On January 20, 2017, Morrow filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci.../ca11/17-10311

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    On March 7, 2018, oral argument will be heard in Morrow's appeal before the Eleventh Circuit.

    http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/sites/d...Public_CAL.pdf

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    The Eleventh Circuit affirmed the district court's denial of a petition for habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. 2254 today. The panel was made up of Wilson (Clinton), William Pryor (G.W. Bush), and Newsom (Trump).

    https://cases.justia.com/federal/app...?ts=1522173665
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    More information about this crime, from the 11th Circuit opinion:

    On the day of the murders, Morrow and Young argued over the telephone before Morrow, armed with a handgun, went to Young’s house, which was occupied by Young, Woods, Horne, and two children. Morrow entered the house and found the three women in the kitchen. He argued with Woods before shooting her “in her abdomen, severing her spine and paralyzing her.” He then shot Horne in the arm. Young fled into the bedroom, but Morrow pursued her and kicked open the bedroom door. As they struggled, the gun discharged and “likely injur[ed]” Young. She then ran into the hallway, but Morrow again caught her. Forensic evidence presented by the state, suggested that Morrow “smashed her head into the bedroom’s doorframe, leaving behind skin, hair, and blood,” before he executed her with a single shot to the head. The bullet passed through Young’s left palm, suggesting that she was “attempt[ing] to shield her head.” Morrow disputes this account and argues that “the blood and hair found on the doorframe in the hallway were deposited there by . . . Young’s wounded hand, not by Morrow striking her head against the door jamb.” Regardless, after Young died, Morrow returned to the kitchen and either reloaded or unjammed his pistol. He murdered Woods by shooting her in the “head at close range, and he shot . . . Horne in the face and arm.” Horne survived, but suffered permanent injuries. Morrow then fled the scene after cutting the telephone line.
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    On May 22, 2018, the Eleventh Circuit DENIED Morrow's petition for en banc rehearing.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketP...chment%20b.pdf

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