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    Crawford argues he was subjected to a 1993 psychiatric evaluation without benefit of counsel - same claim which the Fifth Circuit already denied. My guess is he will be denied by Scotus.

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    Death row inmate seeks new arguments before court

    Death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to let him file a new petition that he believes will win him a new trial.

    Crawford argues in a new motion that his previous attorneys did a poor job of handling his first petition for post-conviction relief.

    Crawford argues that if the court allows him to try again, he'll explain his arguments better. In a post-conviction petition, inmates argues they have found new evidence — or a possible constitutional issue — that could persuade a court to order a new trial.

    Crawford is now 43 and was sentenced to death in 1994 for the murder and rape of Northeast Mississippi Community College student Kristy Ray in rural Tippah County.

    Crawford also has an appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

    Crawford handcuffed the 20-year-old Ray and stuffed one of his socks in her mouth before sexually assaulting and stabbing her to death in 1993.

    He claimed he did not remember the attack, but led authorities to the body buried in leaves in a wooded area.

    Crawford's first post-conviction petition was denied in 2003 by the Mississippi court. The justices said Crawford may not like how his attorney presented his defense, but there's nothing in the case that justified a new trial.

    The Mississippi Office of Capital Post-Conviction Counsel now argues if Crawford can file a second petition he will show his lawyers "filed incomplete pleadings, did not obtain any expert assistance and failed to conduct even a cursory investigation into the capital crime and Mr. Crawford's background and family."

    The counsel office said it also wants to file with the court a mental examination conducted in November, arguing testing done in 1993 was incomplete.

    Crawford also has appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court in which he is asking for a review of an alleged constitutional error in his trial for the slaying of the college junior.

    A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in June upheld a 2012 decision in Mississippi's Northern District federal court.

    Both courts said while Crawford was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel as it related to a 1993 psychiatric evaluation, prosecutors presented enough evidence to the trial jury to uphold his conviction and sentence even if the evaluation had not occurred.

    The attorney general's office has a deadline of Monday to file a response to Crawford's petition.

    In 1993, Crawford was out on bond awaiting trial on charges of aggravated assault and rape, with a notice he planned to pursue an insanity defense.

    Four days before his trial, Ray was abducted from her parents' home.

    It was after the arrest for Ray's death that a judge ordered the mental examination.

    Crawford later was tried and convicted on the original charges and sentenced to 66 years in prison.

    During his trial for Ray's death, psychiatrists differed on Crawford's mental condition. Court documents show prosecutors used results of the 1993 examination, which found Crawford mentally competent, to attack Crawford's insanity defense in the capital murder case. Ultimately Crawford was convicted and sentenced to death.

    The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in 1998 and the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case that year.

    http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/27/...#storylink=cpy
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    Miss. death penalty case before US high court

    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court will consider Feb. 21 whether to hear an appeal from a Mississippi death row inmate who's arguing there was a constitutional error in his trial for the slaying of a junior college student.

    Court officials say a decision could be announced shortly after the court conference.

    Charles Ray Crawford argues he was deprived his Six Amendment right to counsel as it related to a 1993 psychiatric evaluation.

    Crawford is now 43 and was sentenced to death in 1994 for the murder and rape of Northeast Mississippi Community College student Kristy Ray in rural Tippah County.

    Crawford claimed he did not remember the attack, but led authorities to the body buried in leaves in a wooded area.

    State and federal courts have denied his appeals.

    http://www.knoe.com/story/24537222/m...-us-high-court

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Crawford's petition for certiorari.

    Appeals exhausted. Ruling could result in an execution date.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Case Nos.: (12-70027)
    Decision Date: June 24, 2013
    Rehearing Denied: August 15, 2013
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    U.S. high court declines to hear 2 Mississippi death row inmates' appeals

    The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals from two Mississippi death row inmates.

    One, Carl Ray Crawford, argues there was an alleged constitutional error in his trial for the slaying of a junior college student.

    The other, Michelle Byrom, was seeking a new trial in the 1999 slaying of her husband based on claims that she was abused.

    Crawford made his request to the the Supreme Court in October. The court denied the request without comment Monday.

    A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and a Mississippi federal judge said while Crawford was deprived of his Sixth Amendment right to counsel as it related to a 1993 psychiatric evaluation, prosecutors presented enough evidence to the trial jury to uphold his conviction and sentence.

    The 5th Circuit panel called the error harmless.

    Crawford, now 43, was sentenced to death in 1994 for the murder and rape of Northeast Mississippi Community College student Kristy Ray in rural Tippah County.

    In 1993, Crawford was out on bond awaiting trial on charges of aggravated assault and rape, with a notice he planned to pursue an insanity defense. Four days before his trial, the 20-year-old Ray was abducted from her parents' home in Chalybeate. After his family and attorney notified police that they feared another crime was being committed, Crawford was arrested. Crawford told authorities he did not remember the incident but later led them to the body buried in leaves in a wooded area.

    It was after the arrest for Ray's death that a judge ordered the mental examination.

    Crawford later was tried and convicted on the original charges and sentenced to 66 years in prison.

    During his trial for Ray's death, psychiatrists differed on Crawford's mental condition. Court documents show prosecutors used results of the 1993 examination, which found Crawford mentally competent, to attack Crawford's insanity defense in the capital murder case. Ultimately Crawford was convicted and sentenced to death.

    The Mississippi Supreme Court upheld his death sentence in 1998. The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear the case that year.

    Crawford was granted an appeal to the 5th Circuit to argue he was subjected to a 1993 psychiatric evaluation without benefit of counsel. The Sixth Amendment protects the rights of criminal defendants to have a lawyer and effective legal representation.

    In 2009, the 5th Circuit ordered the Mississippi district court to hear the Sixth Amendment argument.

    After a hearing, a federal judge in north Mississippi ruled in 2012 that Crawford's right to counsel was violated but it was constitutionally harmless.

    The court also issued Byrom's order Monday without comment.

    Byrom has argued her original lawyer failed to present evidence of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of her husband. Prosecutors say the abuse issue was raised at her trial and denied.

    Byrom, now 56, was convicted of capital murder in 2000. In a rare move, she asked the judge, instead of the jury, to decide her sentence. The judge sentenced her to death.

    State and federal courts have denied Byrom's appeals for a new trial.

    http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi...to_hear_1.html
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    Motions to set execution dates filed in 2 cases

    The attorney general's office is asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to set execution dates for two death row inmates.

    In the motions filed Monday, the attorney general's office says the U.S. Supreme Court had denied requests by Charles Ray Crawford and Michelle Byrom to hear their appeals.

    Attorneys for Byrom are asking the Mississippi high court for permission to file more post-conviction motions on her behalf.

    The court has not ruled on the motions.

    Crawford was sentenced to death in 1994 in Tippah County for the murder and rape of junior college student Kristy Ray.

    Byrom was convicted in 2000 in Tishomingo County of killing her husband. In a rare move, she asked the judge, instead of the jury, to decide her sentence. The judge sentenced her to death.

    http://www.palmbeachpost.com/ap/ap/c...2-cases/ndZ3W/

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    Obviously Mississippi has the drugs to carry out these two executions because the Attorney General requested the dates for them. Their last execution was in June 2012. But yet, Arizona has 4 eligible inmates for execution warrants but cannot ask for dates because of lack of drugs.Their last execution was in October, 2013. Figure it out.

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    Hood is asking for Crawford’s execution to be set on or before March 26, with Byrom’s date requested be set on or before March 27.

    http://www.clarionledger.com/article...EWS/302240038/

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    Whether Crawford's date gets set seems to depend on whether the Mississippi Supreme Court decides in his favour the appeal that was filed in December.

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    Honestly! What's the hold up here? Crawford's December appeal is without merit. Crawford's date along with Byrom's should have been set by now.

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