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    Jorge Villanueva - Texas




    Facts of the Crime:

    Villanueva was convicted of the August 1994 rape and murder of his neighbor, Jova Montiel, 77. Villanueva raped Montiel then brutally beat her over the head with a bottle and strangled her to death with his hands. Her nude body was later found in her blood-soaked bed. DNA evidence linked Villanueva to the murder scene.

    Villanueva was sentenced to death in Harris County in November 1996.


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    On May 15, 2012, Villanueva filed an appeal in the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit over the denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir.../ca5/12-70015/

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    The Skeptical Juror, whom I can generally rely on to a good extent,believes there is significant doubt about Mr. Villanueva's guilt, quoting from their post, 'Innocent on Texas Death Row', which was published on 29 November 2011 (look through their website,which you can find through search engines) that 'DNA results used to convict Villaneuva would also have matched 136,000 other people in the county (Harris) as well'. They have also said that several hairs found at the crime scene are 'dissimilar to that of the victim (Mrs. Montiel) and Villaneuva.' and therefore,if they are tested,they could potentially exonerate Mr. Villaneuva. I have good reason to concur with the Skeptical Juror's opinion here.

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    Ok, but 136,000 other citizens of Harris County are not linked to Mr. Montiel. Also itīs not a miracle that there was some hair from other people. I donīt want to know how much hair from people I donīt know are around me.

    Your points prove nothing. Your smoke and mirror tactic is not a good tactic for abolishing the DP.
    No murder can be so cruel that there are not still useful imbeciles who do gloss over the murderer and apologize.

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    There's no doubt about his guilt.

    How many of those "other 136,000 citizens of Harris County" lived next to the victim, told their friends that they would like to have sex with her, had fresh scratches on their face and body that they said were caused by their wife (their wife denies it), and who confessed both orally and in writing. Also, a neighbor told the police that Villanueva had harassed the victim and that the victim was very afraid of him.


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    JORGE VILLANUEVA v. WILLIAM STEPHENS

    On January 27, 2014, the 5th Circuit Court denied all but one requests for a COA. The court granted his Strickland claim.

    In his final Strickland claim, Villanueva asserts that Campa failed to present mitigating evidence during the punishment phase of his trial. Because Villanueva instructed Campa not to call any mitigating witnesses, he would ordinarily be precluded from bringing a Strickland claim under Schriro v. Landrigan.

    He argues, however, that his waiver was invalid because Campa inadequately advised him regarding the importance of mitigating evidence and because his waiver was not “informed and knowing.”

    The State contends that no “informed and knowing” requirement exists for waiver of the right to present mitigating evidence, and that Villanueva’s claim is indistinguishable in its operative facts from the claim rejected by the Supreme Court in Landrigan.

    Questions as to this claim are adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further. We therefore grant a COA on his final claim.

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    Denial of federal habeas relief affirmed today by the 5th Circuit.

    http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions...12-70015.1.pdf

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    On October 6, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit DENIED Villanueva's petition for en banc rehearing.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es\15-7626.htm

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

    Appeals exhausted decision could result in an execution date.
    An uninformed opponent is a dangerous opponent.

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    Convicted killer of Houston woman, 77, loses at high court

    HOUSTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review an appeal from a convicted killer sent to death row for raping, beating and strangling a 77-year-old woman at her Houston home nearly 22 years ago.

    The high court, without comment Monday, ruled in the case of 61-year-old Jorge Villanueva.

    In earlier appeals, Villanueva's attorneys argued he had deficient legal help during his Harris County capital murder trial in 1996.

    Villanueva was convicted of the August 1994 slaying of Maria Jova Montiel. Prison records show the former landscaper also is serving life for an injury-to-a-child conviction.

    Villanueva's case was among hundreds identified in 2003 for additional review of DNA results because of shoddy work by the Houston Police Department crime lab.

    He does not yet have an execution date.

    http://www.khou.com/news/crime/convi...ourt/106232441

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    I wonder if he'll get an execution date this year?

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