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    Sterling "Bubba" Atkins - Nevada Death Row


    Sterling Atkinson


    Facts of the Crime:

    Sentenced to death for the beating death of 20-year-old Ebony Mason in 1994 in a remote area of Clark County.

    Antony Doyle was also sentenced to death for the crime. For more on Doyle, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...vada-Death-Row

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    August 29, 1996

    Beating death sentence upheld

    CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme Court has upheld the first-degree murder conviction and death sentence for Sterling Atkins, found guilty of the beating death of a 20-year-old woman in Clark County.

    The court rejected arguments by attorneys for Atkins that improper evidence was introduced at his trial and that the prosecution was guilty of misconduct.

    Atkins and Anthony Doyle were sentenced to death for the Jan. 15, 1994, fatal beating of Ebony Mason in a remote area of Clark County. Atkins' brother Shawn received a life term and agreed to testify for the prosecution.

    Shawn Atkins, arrested in Ohio by FBI agents, told them that Mason had sex with the brothers but refused to have anal sex with Doyle at a Las Vegas home. The four got in a pickup truck and drove to a remote area where Doyle raped Mason. And Shawn said his brother and Doyle beat and kicked Mason until she died.

    At Sterling Atkins' trial, his brother testified that Sterling only kicked Mason in the foot to awaken her. The prosecution then introduced the statements Shawn made to the FBI in Ohio.

    Atkins said those statements should not be admitted at his trial. But the Supreme Court backed up former District Judge Addeliar Guy in his ruling to allow the statements to be used.

    Atkins, through his lawyers, also claimed the prosecution inflamed the jury with prejudicial remarks during the closing argument in the penalty hearing. But the court found no misconduct on the part of the district attorney's office.

    The court did reverse the sexual assault conviction of Atkins. A four-inch twig had been inserted in the victim's rectum. But the court, in the majority decision written by Justice Miriam Shearing, said there was no evidence to show the penetration of the twig was done while the victim was alive.

    The court, in a previous ruling, held that a person could not be convicted of sexual assault if the victim was dead. Justice Thomas Steffen dissented in that decision and also opposed the reversal in this case of sexual assault.

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/1996...#ixzz2RrUJo6zI

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    On October 11, 2002, Atkins filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/nev...cv01348/15875/

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    Court rejects death row inmate’s appeal for new trial

    By Cy Ryan
    The Las Vegas Sun

    CARSON CITY — A death row inmate convicted of killing a 20-year-old woman in Clark County in 1994 has lost his latest appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court for a new trial.

    In his appeal, Sterling Atkins argued that errors made in previous appeals entitled him to a new hearing of the case, according to court records.

    The court, however, said that the latest appeal was not filed until 2009, more than seven years beyond the deadline for such actions.

    Atkins and co-defendant Anthony Doyle were both sentenced to death for the kidnapping and slaying of Ebony Mason, whose nude body was found in the desert outside of Las Vegas.

    Another co-defendant, Shawn Atkins, a brother of Sterling Atkins, pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping and was sentenced to two concurrent life terms with the possibility of parole, according to court records. He provided state’s evidence about the details of the death.

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014...eal-new-trial/

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    On July 10, 2020, Atkins' habeas petition was DENIED by Federal District Court Senior Judge Mahan (G.W. Bush).

    https://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...1348/15875/233

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    On August 6, 2020, Atkins filed an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...s/ca9/20-99008

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