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    David Lee Cox - Oregon




    Facts of the Crime:

    David Lee Cox also known as "Rooster," was convicted by a Marion County jury in 2000 of killing Mark Davis because of a dispute largely revolving around drugs. Davis was a fellow inmate of Cox.

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    No. 04-9912 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    David Lee Cox, Petitioner
    v.
    Oregon
    Docketed: April 29, 2005
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Oregon
    Case Nos.: (S48092)
    Decision Date: October 14, 2004
    Rehearing Denied: January 25, 2005

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Apr 25 2005 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 31, 2005)
    May 17 2005 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including June 30, 2005.
    Jun 30 2005 Brief of respondent Oregon in opposition filed.
    Jul 14 2005 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 26, 2005.
    Oct 3 2005 Petition DENIED. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/04-9912.htm

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    Oregon death row inmate's murder conviction overturned

    The Oregon Court of Appeals overturned the aggravated murder conviction of a death row inmate accused of stabbing another inmate at the Oregon State Penitentiary.

    David Lee Cox, 54, received ineffective counsel after his defense attorneys failed to investigate a witness who testified that Cox had killed Mark Dean Davis, 31, in a murder-for-hire plot, according to an appeals opinion released Wednesday.

    Cox was convicted of stabbing Davis once in the back on Sept. 13, 1998, as the inmates were filing in from the recreation yard. Davis died 90 minutes later at Salem Hospital.

    Cox, originally from the Portland area, was already serving a lengthy sentence for attempted murder, robbery, kidnapping, burglary and vehicle theft. He claimed Davis was a violent, unpredictable drug user and had threatened him with a homemade stabbing device in the months leading up to the murder.

    Cox admitted to stabbing Davis but insisting he meant to send a message, not kill him.

    Prosecutors argued Cox meant to kill. Instead of attacking Davis in a less vulnerable area, he stabbed him with a sharpened rod up through the ribs toward the heart.

    A Marion County jury rejected Cox's manslaughter claim. After deliberating for 18 hours, they found him guilty of aggravated murder. The jury later decided Cox should be sentenced to death.

    The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled that his murder conviction should be reversed and remanded because his defense counsel did not properly investigate and refute the prosecution's theory.

    A prosecution witness claimed Cox was paid $5,500 in drugs by the Lakota Club, a group for Native Americans incarcerated at the prison for socializing and participating in religious ceremonies.

    https://www.statesmanjournal.com/sto...ed/3643044002/
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