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    Patricia Blackmon - Alabama Death Row


    Patricia Blackmon


    Summary of Offense:

    In May 1999, in Dothan, Patricia Blackmon brutally murdered her two-year-old adopted daughter, Dominiqua Bryant. She subsequently was found guilty and sentenced to death.

    The State's evidence tended to show that on May 29, 1999, Blackmon telephoned emergency 911 to summon paramedics to her mobile home in Dothan. She told the 911 operator that her child was not breathing. Eddie Smith, a paramedic in Dothan, testified that he arrived at Blackmon's mobile home at around 9:30 p.m. and that he found Dominiqua lying on the floor of the master bedroom-she was wearing only a diaper and blood-soaked socks, was covered in vomit, and was not breathing. There was a hematoma on her forehead and blood on her chest. After the paramedics attempted to revive her, she was transported to Flowers Hospital Emergency Room.

    Dr. Matthew Krista testified that he treated Dominiqua when she was brought to the emergency room. He said that he first established an airway but that at 10:22 p.m. she was pronounced dead. Dominiqua's pediatrician, Dr. Robert Head, was also called to the emergency room. Both doctors testified that the child had multiple bruises and contusions and an imprint of the sole of a shoe on her chest. They also said that they observed marks from previous injuries on her body.

    Dr. Alfredo Parades, the medical examiner who conducted the autopsy, testified that Dominiqua died of multiple blunt-force injuries to her head, chest, abdomen, and extremities-he detailed some 30 injuries that he discovered on the child's body. Dr. Parades testified:

    “She has bruises in the front part of the lower chest and upper abdomen. Bruises around the right groin. She has a fracture, this is the fracture of the leg. And, on her side, she has bruises on the left temporal area above the ear. She has bruises on ․ the ear on the left. She had a bruise on the right cheek area. She had a bruise on the side of the heel and foot area. Then on the back, she had multiple bruises on the lower back, bilaterally. That is both sides. Bruises of the buttocks, bruises behind the knee area and below the knee area. And in addition to that, she had numerous linear, what I describe as in parallel, like a train tack. There were numerous injuries with a pale area in between ․ the left buttock area.”

    Parades also said that Dominiqua had two broken bones and many other injuries that were in various stages of healing. Parades also described many internal injuries. He said that Dominiqua also had an imprint of the sole of a shoe on her chest.

    Blackmon was sentenced to death in 2002.

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    Patricia Blackmon was 29 years old when she committed the crime that landed her on death row. May 1999, in Dothan, Alabama, Patricia Blackmon brutally murdered her two-year-old adopted daughter Dominiqua Bryant. She subsequently was found guilty and sentenced to the death penalty.

    She recently appealed to the court on their decision, stating that she was not deserving of the death penalty. Her argument against her sentence included her idea that she possibly knocked the child unconscious before the entire brutal beating took place. Dominiqua suffered multiple skull fractures, broken bones, and was beaten so badly a foot imprint was left on her chest. I guess in her eyes if the child was unconscious she didn’t feel the pain of the subsequent blows and therefore she should receive a lesser sentence.

    Well, not in the eyes of the court, in a unanimous decision in August 2005 the court denied her appeal, along with her request for a retrial. Patricia Blackmon requested the retrial at the same time of the appeal stating that she was unfairly tried because the jury was persuaded by pretrial publicity.

    Now age 35, Patricia Blackmon remains on death row in the state of Alabama where she will eventually be executed if the courts continue to ignore her requests.

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    No. 08-8294 *** CAPITAL CASE ***
    Title:
    Patricia Blackmon, Petitioner
    v.
    Alabama
    Docketed: January 23, 2009
    Lower Ct: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
    Case Nos.: (CR-01-2126)
    Decision Date: August 25, 2006
    Discretionary Court
    Decision Date: October 17, 2008

    ~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings and Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Jan 15 2009 Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 23, 2009)
    Mar 3 2009 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including March 25, 2009.
    Mar 25 2009 Brief of respondent Alabama in opposition filed.
    Apr 9 2009 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of April 24, 2009.
    Apr 27 2009 Petition DENIED.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/08-8294.htm

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    Convicted Murderer Wants New Trial

    DOTHAN, AL - A Houston County woman facing the death penalty for killing her daughter wants a new trial.

    43-year-old Patricia Blackmon was arrested in 1999 for the beating death of her 2-year-old adopted child.

    Attorneys for Blackmon were in court Tuesday. They say their client should be taken off death row and get a new trial.

    Blackmon's lawyers say her original attorneys were ineffective.

    The judge did not rule on the motion. The hearing will resume at a later date.

    http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/C...200302921.html
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    On May 1, 2018, Blackmon filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/al...8cv00452/66673

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