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    Jason Dirk Walton - Florida Death Row




    Summary of Offense:

    Eight-year-old Chris Fridella contacted police in the early morning hours of June 18, 1982, notifying them that his father and two of his father’s friends had been shot. When authorities arrived at the scene, they found Steven Fridella, Bobby Martindale, and Gary Petersen dead, lying face down on the floor with their hands bound behind them. The victim’s wallets had been rummaged through, and the house had been scoured in an apparent search for valuables.

    Approximately six months later, Robin Fridella, Steven Fridella’s ex-wife, furnished police with information that pointed to Jason Walton (who she was romantically involved with at the time) and his accomplices: Terry Van Royal, Richard Cooper and Jeff McCoy. During an interview, Walton confessed to the robbery, but denied actually shooting any of the victims. Walton relayed the following information in his statement: The four codefendants had planned the robbery for over a week and, on the evening of June 17, 1982, they went to the Fridella residence. Walton, Royal, McCoy and Cooper rounded up the adults in the house, tied their hands and laid them down on the living room floor. Jeff McCoy then returned to the car while the other three men remained in the house. Eight-year-old Chris Fridella was also bound and ushered into the bathroom, where he was left physically unharmed. Walton searched the house for money and cocaine while Cooper and Royal guarded the captives.

    Walton claimed he ordered everyone to leave after one of the captives was able to identify him. Walton stated that he heard gunshots as he left the house. According to the testimony of codefendant Richard Cooper, Walton pronounced that all three men must be shot after he was identified. Walton commanded Cooper and Royal to open fire on the captive men when his own gun misfired. Upon leaving the house, Walton told Cooper that one of the men was still alive, at which time he ordered Cooper to return and shoot Fridella again.

    Walton was resentenced to death in Pinellas County on August 29, 1986.

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    Walton v. Secretary, FL. Dept. of Corrections, et al.

    11th Circuit Court Opinion Date: November 9, 2011

    Defendant was convicted of three murders and sentenced to death. At issue on appeal was whether defendant's second state petition for a writ of habeas corpus was "properly filed," under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA), 28 U.S.C. 2244(d)(2), so as to toll the one-year limitation period for filing a federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The court held that defendant's second state habeas petition was untimely, and the district court did not err by dismissing his petition.

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    JASON DIRK WALTON vs. THE STATE OF FLORIDA

    In today's opinions, the Florida Supreme Court AFFIRMED the postconviction court's DENIAL of Walton's second successive postconviction motion.

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    Today, the United States Supreme Court denied Walton's certiorari petition following the denial of his habeas petition by the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...s/11-10635.htm

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court denied Walton's certiorari petition.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Florida
    Case Numbers: (SC16-448, SC17-1083)
    Decision Date: May 17, 2018
    Rehearing Denied: July 5, 2018

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-6956.html

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