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    Duane Allen Short - Ohio Death Row




    Summary of Offense:

    On July 22, 2004, Short murdered his estranged wife, 31-year-old Ronda Michelle Short, and her friend, 32-year-old Donnie Ray Sweeney, at Ronda's residence in Huber Heights. Short shot Mr. Sweeney with a sawed-off shotgun in the yard, then went inside the house and shot Ronda.

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    State v. Short

    Ohio Supreme Court upholds death sentence in 2004 double slaying of woman, friend


    COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence of a man condemned to die for killing his estranged wife and her friend in 2004.

    Duane Short was convicted of shooting Donnie Sweeney with a sawed-off shotgun in Short's wife's yard in Huber Heights in suburban Dayton, then going inside the house and shooting the wife, Rhonda Short.

    The court rejected arguments by the 43-year-old Short that he was improperly denied the right to present evidence that could have led the jury to consider a different sentence.

    The court noted that Short said on the record during his trial that he didn't want such evidence presented.

    The court also noted that Short's attorneys still managed to present some evidence during their cross-examination of witnesses for the state.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...-Penalty-Ohio/

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    State v. Short

    Opinion Summary

    This cause came on for further consideration upon the filing of appellant’s motion for stay of execution scheduled for January 9, 2013, and motion for appointment of counsel. Upon consideration thereof, it is ordered by the court that the motions are granted.

    It is further ordered that this stay shall remain in effect until exhaustion of all state postconviction proceedings, including any appeals. Counsel for appellant and for appellee shall notify this court when all proceedings for postconviction relief before the courts of this state have been exhausted. It is further ordered by the court that the Ohio Public Defender’s office is appointed to represent appellant in this case.

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    On February 20, 2019, Short filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/oh...cv00052/222015

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

    Lower Ct: Court of Appeals of Ohio, Montgomery County
    Case Numbers: (27399)
    Decision Date: June 22, 2018
    Discretionary Court Decision Date: November 21, 2018

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-8057.html

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    Distributed for conference October 8, 2021.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/21-5232.html
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    Petition for certiorari denied.

    Lower Ct: Court of Appeals of Ohio, Montgomery County
    Case Numbers: (28696)
    Decision Date: October 23, 2020
    Discretionary Court Decision Date:

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/21-5232.html
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