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    Enrique Parra Duenas - California Death Row


    Dep. Michael L. Hoenig




    Facts of the Crime:

    Enrique Parra Duenas was convicted of the first-degree murder of Los Angeles County Deputy Michael Hoenig, 32. The deputy was on patrol in South Gate on October 30, 1997, when he saw Duenas on a bicycle flailing his arms and acting erratically. Hoenig ordered Duenas to stop. But instead of complying, Duenas pulled out a .45-caliber pistol and fired at Hoenig while the deputy was in his patrol car. Duenas rendered Hoenig helpless by shooting him in the leg and hand, then shot him in the throat, about half an inch above his protective vest.

    Duenas was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on January 22, 1999.

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    THE PEOPLE v ENRIQUE PARRA DUENAS

    In today's opinions, the California Supreme Court AFFIRMED Duenas' conviction and sentence of death on direct appeal.
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    The California Supreme Court's sure been affirming a lot of death sentences recently. How many's that been? Four or five in the past couple of weeks?

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    And the article...

    State Supreme Court upholds death sentence in killing of deputy

    The California Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of murdering Los Angeles County Sheriff 's Deputy Michael Hoenig.

    In a unanimous decision, the state’s highest court rejected an appeal by Enrique Parra Duenas, convicted of fatally shooting Hoenig, 32, in South Gate in 1997 when the deputy tried to stop Duenas as he rode by on a bicycle.

    Duenas contended, among other things, that three prospective jurors with qualms about the death penalty were improperly excused. The court disagreed, upholding a trial judge’s decision that the three would have been substantially impaired from voting for a death sentence, regardless of the evidence.

    The court also rejected a claim by Duenas that the prosecution’s showing of a computer animation of the shooting — a series of mostly still images — violated his rights. The four-minute animation demonstrated how the shooting occurred based on the views of prosecution experts.

    http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...fs-deputy.html
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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, on direct appeal, Duenas' petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/12-8379.htm

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    On April 24, 2013, Duenas filed a habeas petition before the California Supreme Court.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...NTUCAgCg%3D%3D

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