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    Anthony Bernard Juniper - Virginia




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    Born on November 23, 1971 and sentenced to death in the City of Norfolk on April 1, 2005.

    Anthony B. Juniper was sentenced to death for four capital murders committed on January 16, 2004, in Norfolk: Keshia Stephens; her brother Rueben Harrison III; and two of her daughters, Nykia Stephens, 4; and Shearyia Stephens, 2.

    Juniper and Keshia Stephens had been having a rocky relationship for two years. A witness who drove Juniper to Keshia’s second-floor apartment said she later heard the two arguing, with Keshia saying, “’I told you I’m not seeing anybody but you.’”

    The witness said as she drove from the apartment she heard four booms that she believed were gunshots.

    The first police officers on the scene found the apartment door kicked in. Nykia’s body was lying across her uncle’s on the bed in the master bedroom. Shearyria’s body was lying across Keshia’s body on the floor beside the bed.

    Keshia was stabbed in the abdomen, then shot three times in the torso and grazed by a fourth bullet. Sheryia was shot four times, including once the head, while in her mother’s arms.

    Nykia was shot once behind the left ear and the bullet left her body through her chest. Rueben Harrison was shot three times, including one bullet that hit his pelvis and ricocheted into his abdomen, liver, heart and lung.

    All of the bullets were fired from the same 9mm semi-automatic handgun that was never recovered. A knife blade found at the scene had a thumbprint matching Juniper’s and DNA on the knife and a cigarette butt found at the scene also matched.

    A witness saw Juniper in the apartment with a white substance on his face and holding an automatic pistol. A Hampton Roads Regional Jail inmate testified that Juniper said he committed the murders and that he killed the children so there would be no witnesses.

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    Lawyer for suspect in 4 slayings asks to disqualify prosecutor

    BY MICHELLE WASHINGTON
    THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT

    NORFOLK — An attorney for a man accused of capital murder in the deaths of four people has asked that the city Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office be disqualified from trying the case.

    A hearing has been set for Thursday for arguments on B. Thomas Reed’s motion to disqualify Commonwealth’s Attorney John R. Doyle III and his office in the case of Anthony B. Juniper.

    If a judge agrees with Reed, another prosecutor’s office would be appointed to try the case.

    Juniper, 32, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, 27-year-old Keshia Stephens; her daughters, Nykia, 4, and Shearyia, 2; and Stephens’ brother, Ruben E. Harrison III, 19.

    They died Jan. 16 in Keshia Stephens’ apartment on Kingston Avenue.

    In Reed’s motion, filed in Circuit Court on Monday, he said Doyle represented Juniper on the appeal of a conviction for escape without force.

    That conviction could be used as evidence of “future dangerousness” in prosecutors’ arguments for the death penalty if a jury should convict Juniper of the capital murder charges, Reed argued.

    Doyle said he had no recollection of Juniper’s earlier case and it had not affected his decisions in prosecuting the case.

    Doyle said court documents showed Juniper was convicted of the escape charge and given a 30-day suspended sentence.

    Doyle said he would research case law and seek an informal opinion from the Attorney General’s Office about whether he should proceed with the prosecution.

    He also said that he told Reed and Juniper’s other attorney, Cynthia Garris, that he would not introduce the escapew it hout-force conviction as evidence because of his past representation of Juniper.

    http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Defau...rticleWin.asp?

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    Judge rejects request to take prosecutor off murder case

    A judge Thursday denied a defense lawyer’s request to disqualify the city commonwealth’s attorney from prosecuting the case of a man charged with four deaths.

    Anthony B. Juniper, 32, is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, 27-year-old Keshia Stephens; her daughters , Nykia, 4, and Shearyia, 2; and Stephens’ brother, Ruben E. Harrison III, 19. They died Jan. 16.

    B. Thomas Reed, one of Juniper’s lawyers, sought to disqualify Commonwealth’s Attorney John R. Doyle III because he represented Juniper about 10 years ago, defending him when he appealed his conviction on a charge of escape without force. Juniper pleaded guilty to the charge.

    After reviewing his file and old notes, Doyle said, he knew of no confidences that Juniper shared with him that would change the current case.

    Doyle also said he would not use the misdemeanor conviction as evidence during the sentencing phase of the trial, should Juniper be found guilty of capital murder.

    Circuit Judge Everett A. Martin Jr. ruled that Doyle and his office could continue to prosecute the case, which is set for trial in January.

    http://epilot.hamptonroads.com/Defau...rticleWin.asp?

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    062556 Juniper v. Warden

    Virginia Supreme Court rejects appeal

    RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court has rejected appeals by two death row inmates.

    Ricky Jovan Gray was convicted of five counts of capital murder in the New Year's Day 2006 slayings of a Richmond couple and their two young daughters. He received two death sentences and three life prison terms.

    In Norfolk, Anthony B. Juniper was sentenced to death for the 2004 murders of his former girlfriend, her two children and her brother.

    The Supreme Court ruled Friday that one of Gray's life sentences should be thrown out because his lawyer failed to raise a double-jeopardy objection. But it rejected all his other claims and allowed the other sentences to stand.

    The justices found no merit in several claims raised by Juniper.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...h_Row_Appeals/

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    January 5, 2005

    Opening statements due today in quadruple slaying

    Lawyers will give opening statements and begin presenting evidence today in the capital murder trial of Anthony B. Juniper, who is accused of killing four people.

    Juniper faces the death penalty if convicted. It is the first time Commonwealth’s Attorney John R. Doyle III has sought the death penalty since he took office in 2000. Only one person tried and sentenced in Norfolk has been executed since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

    Juniper, 33, is accused of killing his sometime girlfriend, Keshia Stephens, 27; her brother, Ruben E. Harrison III, 19; and her daughters Nykia, 4, and Shearyia, 2. All four were found dead the afternoon of Jan. 16 in Stephens’ apartment on Kingston Avenue.

    Keshia Stephens had been shot three times in the stomach, and stabbed there as well. Harrison had been shot three times in the legs and buttocks. An autopsy report said one of the bullets ricocheted off his pelvis and tore through his liver, a lung and his heart.

    Both girls had been shot in the head. Their bodies were found on top of Stephens and Harrison.

    Jury selection in the case lasted until nearly 7 p.m. Tuesday. Lawyers selected three alternates as well as 12 regular jurors, because the trial is expected to last more than three weeks.

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    Va. Supreme Court denies death row inmate's appeal

    The Virginia Supreme Court denied death row inmate Anthony Juniper’s request to have his case re-heard.

    The court dismissed Juniper’s petition for habeas corpus, citing that it could not find any error in its previous decision.

    Juniper “has failed to establish a reasonable probability that, if counsel had presented the issue differently, the result of the proceeding would have been different,” the court wrote in its decision.

    Juniper was found guilty of killing four people, including his ex-girlfriend and two small children, in 2005.

    http://hamptonroads.com/2011/09/va-s...inmates-appeal

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    On November 9, 2011, Juniper filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and stay of execution in the Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/vir...cv00746/273727

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    January 6, 2005

    A mother’s “last touch,” and then 4 slayings

    Jan. 16, 2004 was a nightmare in broad daylight at a Kingston Avenue apartment, prosecutor Karen Burrell told jurors Wednesday.

    Inside, four people lay dead – Keshia Stephens, 27; her brother, Ruben Harrison III, 19; and her daughters, Nykia, 4, and Shearyia, 2.

    They had been executed, Burrell said, by Anthony Bernard Juniper.

    Juniper, 33, could face the death penalty if convicted of capital murder. He has pleaded not guilty.

    During her opening statement, Burrell said Juniper and Stephens had had a stormy relationship for about a year.

    “He was jealous, controlling, he constantly accused Keshia of cheating on him,” Burrell said.

    In January they were no longer together, Burrell said, and Stephens had moved into the apartment with four of her six children. She sent the two older girls to school with a friend that morning, hugging them before sending them down the stairs.

    “That was the last touch they ever felt from their mother,” Burrell said.

    Juniper got a ride to the apartment to collect some of his belongings, Burrell said. He found Stephens at home with Nykia and Shearyia, who were naked because they were about to get in the bath. Nykia had written on her little sister with a marker. Harrison slept on the couch.

    Juniper and Stephens began to argue, Burrell said. Juniper refused to leave with the woman who had driven him to the apartment. As the woman left, she heard gunshots.

    Later that afternoon, police responding to a call of a burglary in progress found the door broken in and the television blaring. Inside, officers found the bodies of Stephens, her daughters and Harrison in a bedroom. The children lay on top of the adults.

    Stephens had been shot three times and stabbed with such force that a knife blade sank nearly 5 inches into her stomach. Harrison had been shot three times from behind.

    “Nykia, 4, had her brains blown out,” Burrell said. “Shearyia was shot four times. One was a shot to the head.”

    Juniper left behind evidence including a fingerprint on a knife blade found next to Stephens’ body, DNA on a knife handle found in the same place and DNA on a cigarette butt found on the broken pieces of the door, Burrell said.

    One of Juniper’s attorneys, B. Thomas Reed, said Juniper had been to Stephens’ house many times and could have left a fingerprint or DNA behind on another visit.

    Juniper loved Stephens’ children, Reed said. He cooked and cleaned for them, bought them toys and registered the older girls for school using his mother’s address.

    “The evidence will prove Anthony Juniper is the last person you would expect to harm these children,” Reed said.

    Lawyers began calling witnesses Wednesday, including the police officers who found the bodies and the paramedic who pronounced them dead.

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    Execution set for man who killed four people in Norfolk

    By Sarah Hutchins
    The Virginian-Pilot

    Anthony Juniper is scheduled to be put to death next month, the Virginia Supreme Court ordered last week.

    Juniper was found guilty of killing four people, including his ex-girlfriend and two small children, in 2005.

    Last month the Virginia Supreme Court denied the death row inmate’s request to have his case re-heard, explaining that it could not find any error in its previous decision.

    Juniper will be executed Nov. 10.

    http://hamptonroads.com/2011/10/exec...ath-row-inmate

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    I take it that this is merely an administrative date since he has yet to begin his federal appeal.

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