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    Tierra Capri Gobble - Alabama Death Row


    Phoenix Jordan “Cody” Parrish


    Tierra Capri Gobble


    Summary of the Facts:

    Was sentenced to death on December 1, 2005 for the beating death of her four-month-old son, Phoenix Jordan "Cody" Parrish, on December 15, 2004.

    24 hours after Phoenix’s birth, DCF removed him from his mother’s custody and sent him to live with Edgar Parrish, Tierra’s father, who was also caring for her daughter. However, in October 2004, Gobble and her boyfriend Samuel David Hunter moved into Parrish’s house, where she once again had full access to her children.

    On December 15, 2004, Gobble could not get Phoenix to go to sleep because he was “fussin.” At around 1:00 a.m. Gobble went to feed him. After he finished his bottle, she put him back in his crib. At around 9:00 a.m. Gobble checked on Phoenix and found him playing. Gobble went back to sleep and awoke at approximately 11:00 a.m. when she found Phoenix unresponsive. When later questioned why she did not call 911 immediately, she replied that she did not want to get in trouble for being with her child.

    Dr. Jonas R. Salne, the emergency room physician who treated Phoenix testified at trial, “[Phoenix] had bruises, contusions, on his face, scalp, and chest. They were everywhere.” The x-rays showed that Phoenix had a skull fracture, fractures to both wrists, as well as a fracture to his right upper arm. Dr. Salne indicated that it takes “quite a bit of trauma and quite a bit of force” to fracture a skull. The autopsy report revealed that Phoenix also had fractures to several of his ribs. Dr. Salne further testified that Phoenix would have been in tremendous pain from any of the numerous injuries.

    When undergoing questioning, Gobble told the police that she was Phoenix’s primary caretaker even though Parrish was his guardian. She explained the bruises and fractures on the child by admitting that she would occasionally get frustrated with him when he would not go to sleep and that she could have broken his ribs from holding him too tightly. Tierra further explained an instance when she was holding Phoenix and leaned down in the crib to get his blanket quickly. According to Tierra, this may have resulted in Phoenix’s head striking the side of the crib.

    At trial, Tori Jordan testified that she had known Gobble for nearly two years and that Gobble had told her “if she couldn’t have her children, no one could.” Also presented to court was a letter that Gobble had written which stated, “It’s my fault that my son died but I didn’t mean for it to happen.”

    The jury ultimately convicted Gobble of capital murder. The jury recommended, by a vote of ten to two, that Gobble be sentenced to death. The circuit court followed the jury’s recommendation and sentenced Gobble to death.

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    December 1, 2005

    Gobble Sentenced To Death

    Judge in murder case says crime wasn't acceptable.

    The mother who beat her six-month old boy to death has been sentenced to die by lethal injection.

    Tierra Gobble was back in court Tuesday to hear Judge Lawson Little's sentence.

    He said her crime wasn't acceptable in this community and sentenced her to die.

    She nodded when the sentence was handed down and then cried after the hearing was over.

    Judge Little will set an execution date sometime soon.

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    Alabama appeals court upholds death sentence for mother in beating death of her son

    In Montgomery, the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the death sentence of a woman convicted of the beating death of her 4-month-old son.

    The appellate court Friday affirmed the death sentence of 27-year-old Tierra Capri Gobble for the 2004 death of her son, Phoenix Jordan "Cody" Parrish, in Houston County.

    The appellate court had previously upheld Gobble's conviction. But the case was sent back to the trial court asking it to detail the arguments why Gobble should receive a death sentence.

    Gobble's attorneys objected to the reasons given by the Houston County Court and asked the Court of Criminal Appeals to reconsider.

    The appellate court ruled that it reviewed the reasons and found Gobble received the appropriate sentence.

    (Source: The Associated Press)

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    No. 12-8308 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    Tierra Capri Gobble, Petitioner
    v.
    Alabama
    Docketed: January 22, 2013
    Linked with 12A554
    Lower Ct: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
    Case Nos.: (CR-05-0225)
    Decision Date: February 5, 2010
    Rehearing Denied: July 16, 2010
    Discretionary Court
    Decision Date: September 14, 2012

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Nov 27 2012 Application (12A554) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from December 13, 2012 to January 14, 2013, submitted to Justice Thomas.
    Dec 5 2012 Application (12A554) granted by Justice Thomas extending the time to file until January 14, 2013.
    Jan 10 2013 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 21, 2013)
    Feb 13 2013 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 7, 2013.
    Mar 7 2013 Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
    Mar 21 2013 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 12, 2013.
    Apr 15 2013 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/search.a...es/12-8308.htm

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