William “Bill” Welborn
Jarrod Champlin-Bryant
Norman Starnes
Facts of the Crime:
A jury in Lexington County sentenced Norman Starnes to death in 1997 for shooting and killing William “Bill” Welborn and Jarrod Champlin-Bryant in 1996.
William “Bill” Welborn
Jarrod Champlin-Bryant
Norman Starnes
Facts of the Crime:
A jury in Lexington County sentenced Norman Starnes to death in 1997 for shooting and killing William “Bill” Welborn and Jarrod Champlin-Bryant in 1996.
August 16, 2010
Death penalty upheld for SC man who was own lawyer
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The South Carolina Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for a man who represented himself during a second death penalty trial.
In an opinion released Monday, Justice John Kittredge disagreed with 45-year-old Norman Starnes' appellate attorneys that defendants facing the death penalty should not be allowed to act as their own lawyers.
Starnes originally was sentenced to death in 1997 for the shooting deaths of 2 men whose bodies were found in some Aiken County woods. The Supreme Court had reversed that sentence in 2000, saying the trial judge should have given the jury more specific instructions on self-defense.
Starnes was again convicted and sentenced to die in 2007. Prosecutors said Starnes planned the killings and buried the victims under concrete on his uncle's farm.
http://www.live5news.com/Global/story.asp?S=12986163
Opinion is here:
http://www.judicial.state.sc.us/opin...m?caseNo=26868
In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Starnes' petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was DENIED.
Order here
On February 28, 2011, Starnes filed an application for post-conviction relief in Lexington County Circuit Court.
http://cms.lex-co.com/scjdweb/public...rstName=Norman
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