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    Garland Bernell Harper - Texas Death Row






    Summary of Offense:

    Convicted and sentenced to death in the 2008 murder of Triska Lashaun Rose. Harper, then 40, was living with Triska Lashaun Rose in a southwest Houston condo for several months before beginning to stalk her and accuse her of cheating on him. He eventually tied her up, stabbed her and slit her throat on October 24, 2008. Harper also was accused of binding, then strangling Briana Roberson, 15, and Mya Love, 7. Harper was not the children's father.

    Harper was sentenced to death in Harris County on October 18, 2010.

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    Houston man gets death sentence in 2008 triple killing

    Jurors take 3 hours to decide Garland Bernell Harper's fate

    A Harris County jury deliberated three hours before sentencing Garland Bernell Harper to death Monday for fatally stabbing his 38-year-old girlfriend and strangling her two daughters.

    Harper, 40, was living with Triska Lashaun Rose in a southwest Houston condo for several months before beginning to stalk her and accuse her of cheating on him. He eventually tied her up, stabbed her and slit her throat on Oct. 24, 2008, prosecutors said.

    Harper also was accused of binding, then strangling Briana Roberson, 15, and Mya Love, 7. Harper was not the children's father.

    After being sentenced by state District Judge Jeannine Barr, Harper would not look at Rose's brother who said he was "not a man" during a victim impact statement.

    "You're weak. You prey on women," said Terrence Rose. "I want to say, 'May God have mercy on your soul' but I can't say that now."

    Defense lawyers described Harper as a mentally ill man with a drug problem, which made him delusional, believing Rose was having an affair with a man Harper could never catch.

    The two were dating in 1998, when he was arrested for aggravated robbery. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison and released after nine years, according to court records. After his release, the two were together for seven months before her death.

    Harper is the fourth person to be sentenced to death since Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos took office in January 2008.

    In April, Mabry Joseph Landor III was sentenced to death for the 2008 shooting of Houston police officer Timothy Abernethy.

    Two men were also sent to death row after retrials: Robert Fratta, for hiring two men to shoot his wife in 1994, and Raymond DeLeon Martinez, for the 1983 robbery and killing of a tavern owner.

    No one in the county was sentenced to death in 2008.

    http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/...n/7252944.html

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    Harper's oral argument on direct appeal is set for September 12, 2012 before the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
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    GARLAND BERNELL HARPER v THE STATE OF TEXAS

    In today's TCCA orders, Garland's conviction and sentence of death were AFFIRMED.
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    Convict on death row for killing Houston woman and 2 daughters loses appeal

    A Harris County man's death sentence for fatally stabbing his 38-year-old girlfriend and strangling her two daughters has been upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

    The state's highest criminal appeals court on Wednesday rejected what Garland Harper's attorneys said were eight errors from his trial two years ago. They include jury selection issues and challenges to his confession being allowed into evidence.

    Harper was living in a Houston condo with Triska Rose in 2008 when he accused her of cheating on him. She was tried up, stabbed and had her throat slit. Also killed were her 15- and 7-year-old daughters.

    Defense attorneys said he was mentally ill with a drug problem. He had a previous prison record for robbery.

    Harper doesn't have an execution date.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...-Harris-County
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    ARTICLE 11.071 APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITH WRITTEN ORDER:

    http://www.search.txcourts.gov/Searc...3-bfc522b7b9f3

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    On March 23, 2016, Harper filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/te...v00762/1345071

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    On July 7, 2020, Harper’s habeas petition was denied by the Federal District Court.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...62/1345071/45/
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    On October 28, 2020, Harper filed an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...s/ca5/20-70022

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    On December 1, 2021, the Fifth Circuit denied Harper’s appeal and affirmed the district court’s denial of his habeas petition.

    He was also denied COAs on all claims.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...021-12-01.html
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