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    Mark Lorenzo Squires - North Carolina Death Row


    Mark Lorenzo Squires


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    Convicted and sentenced to death in 2002 for the murder of John Scott Alligood, who died from complications stemming from being shot in the chest during a January 18, 1998 robbery. On July 27, 1998, defendant Mark Lorenzo Squires was indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Randy House and Erick Keech. Defendant was tried capitally and was found guilty on both counts of first-degree murder. For the murder of House, defendant's conviction was based on premeditation and deliberation and felony murder with the sale of cocaine as the underlying felony. For the murder of Keech, defendant's conviction was based solely on felony murder with both the sale of cocaine and House's murder as theunderlying felonies. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended that defendant be sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for House's murder and to death for Keech's murder.

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    No. 03-9702 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    Mark Lorenzo Squires, Petitioner
    v.
    North Carolina
    Docketed: April 7, 2004
    Linked with 03A711
    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of North Carolina
    Case Nos.: (428A00)
    Decision Date: December 1, 2003

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Feb 17 2004 Application (03A711) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 29, 2004 to March 31, 2004, submitted to The Chief Justice.
    Feb 19 2004 Application (03A711) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until March 31, 2004.
    Mar 31 2004 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 7, 2004)
    May 6 2004 Brief of respondent North Carolina in opposition filed.
    May 11 2004 Reply of petitioner Mark Lorenzo Squires filed. (Distributed)
    May 19 2004 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of June 3, 2004.
    Jun 7 2004 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/03-9702.htm

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    Three other men await execution for murders in Pitt County

    Aside from Antwan Anthony, three other men convicted in Pitt County cases currently are on death row in North Carolina.

    Warren Robert Gregory, 47

    Gregory was convicted in 1993 of first-degree murder in the deaths of Bernadine Parrish and Bobbie Jean Hartwig.

    The jury also found him guilty of first-degree kidnapping and first-degree rape of both women, as well as assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury on Wesley Parrish, Bernadine's brother and Hartwig's boyfriend, on Aug. 24, 1991.

    Deputies determined the three had been walking on N.C. 11 from Grifton to Ayden so Bernadine Parrish could see an old boyfriend. They were approached by a car with several men inside. Gregory got out with a sawed-off shotgun, ordered the women in the car and told Parrish to start walking away. Then he shot him in the back.

    Later, it was determined the men had been on their way from their barracks at Camp LeJeune in Jacksonville to a club in Greenville. Gregory appealed his sentence to the state Supreme Court, which ruled in 1995 that there was no error.

    Vincent Monte Wooten, 43

    Wooten was convicted of first-degree murder in the death of Edward Maurice Wilson. He was sentenced to death on April 29, 1994.

    Evidence showed Wooten found out on Feb. 9, 1993, that someone had stolen about $13,000 cash and about 500 grams of cocaine from him and suspected Wilson. He approached Wilson and told him he would kill him if he had anything to do with the theft.

    Later in the day Wooten returned to the home where Wilson was and pulled up behind him in the driveway. Wilson walked toward Wooten’s car, and Wooten exited and shot him several times with a rifle that had been illegally modified so that it would fire automatically.

    Wooten was arrested that night and later told a television reporter on camera that he shot Wilson and demonstrated how he did it. He later testified at trial that he did not commit the killing.

    Wooten appealed his sentence, but the Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled in 1996 that there was no error. He remains on death row.

    Mark Lorenzo Squires, 41

    Squires was convicted of first-degree murder in the July 4, 1998, deaths of Randy House and Erick Keech. He was sentenced on May 15, 2000, to life in prison without parole for House’s murder and to death for Keech’s murder.

    Keech’s 1981 Oldsmobile was found abandoned on Contentnea Street on July 5, 1998. The windows were rolled down, the interior was covered in blood and there was a small bullet hole in the driver’s side door. Ten days later, two bodies were found behind a shed near Atlantic Avenue. The bodies were identified to be those of Keech and House.

    Squires voluntarily went to the Greenville Police Department and told police he had known House for about six months, had bought drugs from him in the past and had planned to buy from him the night of July 4, but House failed to show.

    On July 23, New Bern police received a call from a resident who said Squires was driving a Mazda van with bloodstains on the seat and had told him the bloodstains were the result of a homicide in Greenville. He was taking the van to Cape Carteret the following day to have it reupholstered.

    Squires was arrested the following day. He told police he met House and Keech on the night of the shootings to collect a $5,000 debt. He said he thought House and Keech were going to rob and shoot him, so he shot them, dumped their bodies and abandoned the car.

    He appealed the sentence, and the Supreme Court of North Carolina ruled in 2003 that there was no error.

    http://www.reflector.com/News/2016/0...tt-County.html

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