Summary of Offense:
Rodriguez was sentenced to death in 1999 for the April 5, 1998 murder of Kimberly Fondy. The 33-year-old woman had been shot as she sat in her wheelchair in her 19th Street home in Sparks.
Summary of Offense:
Rodriguez was sentenced to death in 1999 for the April 5, 1998 murder of Kimberly Fondy. The 33-year-old woman had been shot as she sat in her wheelchair in her 19th Street home in Sparks.
November 4, 2009
Death sentence in Sparks killing overturned
A divided Nevada Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence and ordered a new penalty hearing for one of three men convicted of robbing and killing a paraplegic woman in Sparks.
In an opinion issued Wednesday, justices unanimously upheld the first-degree murder conviction of 31-year-old Pedro Rodriguez for the 1998 murder of Kimberly Fondy.
But the high court, in a 4-3 split, differed on whether the death penalty was appropriate.
The majority determined his trial lawyer was ineffective for not doing enough to find witnesses to present mitigating testimony about his background during the penalty phase.
The case was remanded to Washoe District Judge Brent Adams for a new penalty hearing.
Two other defendants are serving life prison terms.
http://www.rgj.com/article/20091104/...41/1004/news01
If anyone wants to download the order, here is the case and the link:
48291 - RODRIGUEZ (PEDRO) VS. STATE (DEATH PENALTY-PC)
http://www.nevadajudiciary.us/index....lished-Orders/
Rodriguez was re-sentenced to death by a jury on April 23, 2013. The sentence was affirmed by Washoe District Judge Brent Adams on June 12, 2013.
http://webcache.googleusercontent.co...&hl=en&ct=clnk
On January 24, 2023, Rodriguez filed a habeas petition in federal district court.
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ne...cv00031/160440
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