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    Billie Jerome Allen - Federal Death Row


    Richard Heflin’s Grave


    Billie Jerome Allen


    Summary of Offense:

    Billie Jerome Allen and Norris Holder were convicted of the fatal shooting of a bank guard, Richard Heflin, during a robbery in St. Louis, Missouri. Allen was sentenced to death by a jury on March 10, 1998. In June 2002, the U.S. Supreme Court vacated Allen's death sentence and remanded the case back to the Eighth Circuit for reconsideration in light of the Court's ruling in Ring v. Arizona. Because his federal indictment did not include the aggravating factors necessary to support his death sentence, a three-judge Eighth Circuit panel said Allen's sentence should be reduced to life in prison. However, in September 2004, the Eighth Circuit conducted a rehearing en banc of the earlier decision and reinstated Allen's death sentence.

    Holder was also sentenced to death. For more on Holder, see: http://www.cncpunishment.com/forums/...eral-Death-Row

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    On December 11, 2006, the US Supreme Court upheld Allen's death sentence on direct appeal.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/05-6764.htm

    On January 8, 2007, Allen filed a petition for post-conviction relief in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/mis...cv00027/84443/

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    On June 25, 2014, Allen's petition for post-conviction relief was DENIED in Federal District Court.

    http://docs.justia.com/cases/federal...0027/84443/374

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    On November 4, 2014, Allen filed an appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cir...ts/ca8/14-3495

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    On January 12, 2016, oral argument will be heard before a panel made up of Judges Wollman (Reagan), Melloy (G.W. Bush) and Colloton (G.W. Bush).

    http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/webcal/jan16stl.pdf

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    In today's decisions, the Eighth Circuit AFFIRMED the Federal District Court's denial of Allen's habeas petition.

    http://media.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/16/07/143495P.pdf

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    On November 1, 2016, the Eighth Circuit DENIED Allen's petition for en banc rehearing.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es\16-8229.htm
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    On October 2, 2017, the US Supreme Court DENIED Allen's certiorari petition.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
    Case Numbers: (14-3495)
    Decision Date: July 20, 2016
    Rehearing Denied: November 1, 2016

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es\13-8397.htm

    Theoretically, Allen's appeals are now exhausted. Unfortunately, litigation over the federal government's lethal-injection protocol has continued to be bogged down in the District of Columbia District Court since 2006.

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    Distributed for conference May 15, 2020.

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-9554.html
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    On May 18, 2020, the US Supreme Court DENIED Allen's direct habeas petition.

    Title: In Re Billie J. Allen, Petitioner
    Docketed: June 5, 2019

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-9554.html

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