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    Donte Johnson - Nevada Death Row


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    Donte Johnson


    Facts of the Crime:

    Shot four Las Vegas teenagers during a 1998 robbery. Killed in the slayings were Matthew Mowen, 19; Tracey Gorringe, 20; Jeffrey Biddle, 19; and Peter Talamantez, 17.

    Johnson was sentenced to death on May 5, 2005.

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    No. 06-10345 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    Donte Johnson, Petitioner
    v.
    Nevada
    Docketed: March 29, 2007
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Nevada
    Case Nos.: (45456)
    Decision Date: December 28, 2006

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Mar 27 2007 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 30, 2007)
    May 1 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including May 30, 2007.
    May 15 2007 Motion to disqualify the Clark County District Attorney's Office from participating in case filed by petitioner.
    May 30 2007 Order extending time to file response to petition and to the motion to disqualify to and including July 30, 2007.
    Jul 26 2007 Brief of respondent Nevada in opposition filed.
    Jul 26 2007 Opposition to motion to disqualify of respondent Nevada filed.
    Aug 9 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of September 24, 2007.
    Dec 27 2007 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 11, 2008.
    Jan 14 2008 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...s/06-10345.htm

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    Nevada Supreme Court upholds death penalty conviction

    By Sean Whaley
    The Las Vegas Review-Journal

    CARSON CITY — The Nevada Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the convictions and death sentences for Donte Johnson in connection with a 1988 quadruple homicide in Las Vegas.

    Johnson raised multiple issues in his post-conviction appeal, but the court unanimously upheld the lower court decision, which found no merit to the claims.

    Johnson was sentenced to death for killing Jeffrey Biddle, 19, Tracey Gorringe, 20, Matthew Mowen, 19, and Peter Talamantez, 17.

    The men were bound with duct tape while Johnson and two other men searched their east valley home. Before they left, Johnson shot each man in the back of the head. The robbers made off with about $240, a pager, a videocassette recorder and a video game system.

    The trial jury deadlocked in 2000 during the penalty phase, and a three-judge panel later handed down a death sentence. But that sentence was overturned.

    A jury again sentenced Johnson to death in 2005. He is on death row at Ely State Prison.

    The post-conviction appeal covered issues both in his 2000 conviction and later 2005 death sentence.

    Among the claims were that the jury selection process in his 2000 trial was flawed because there was an under-representation of African Americans in the jury pool. Johnson also argued that his attorney should have challenged the introduction of evidence, including autopsy photos.

    The Supreme Court rejected all of the claims.

    https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/...ty-conviction/
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    On April 23, 2018, Johnson filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ne...cv00740/130200

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    Post-conviction relief denied by the Nevada Supreme Court on June 29, 2023.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketP...20Appendix.pdf

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