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    Timothy Ramon Burnside - Nevada Death Row




    April 10, 2010

    Man, 29, sentenced to death in slaying of ex-basketball pro

    BY FRANCIS MCCABE
    THE LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

    A 29-year-old man was sentenced to death Friday in the 2006 fatal shooting of a former professional basketball player as he waited at the drive-through of a Jack in the Box in Henderson.

    A Clark County jury on Wednesday found Timothy "Stone" Burnside guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon and other felonies in the death of Kenneth Hardwick.

    Two days later the same jury decided Burnside should receive capital punishment for his crime.

    Burnside's co-defendant, Derrick "Suave" McKnight, 31, was also found guilty of first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon and sentenced to life without parole. Prosecutors alleged McKnight drove the getaway vehicle.

    Authorities said the shooting was part of a scheme to rob Hardwick, a plan that originated at the Foundation Room night club at Mandalay Bay.

    The two-week trial featured video footage of Burnside and McKnight following Hardwick from the club, to his vehicle as he left Mandalay Bay in the early morning hours of Dec. 5, 2006.

    Once at the Jack in the Box, Burnside shot at Hardwick eight times and then stole a silver cigar case, authorities said. Hardwick died at the scene.

    According to testimony, Hardwick was found with nearly $5,000 in cash on his person and wearing an expensive watch.

    Hardwick was a local real estate broker who had played professional basketball around the world and, for a stint with the Detroit Pistons, according to family members.

    Hardwick was well-known to the staffs of the Foundation Room and the Jack in the Box, as he visited both establishments often, according to court records.

    Hardwick was known as a good tipper and flashy with his money, according to court records, which might have led to him being targeted by Burnside and McKnight.

    Afterward, Hardwick's nephew, Jamil Hardwick, described his uncle as a good man who had a way of making people "feel special."

    Jamil Hardwick said justice prevailed. "They (the defendants) don't need to be on the street. Some people are just past the point of rehabilitation."

    Burnside and McKnight were also found guilty of robbery with use of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit robbery and burglary.

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    Defense wants death penalty voided in Las Vegas killer’s conviction

    By Cy Ryan
    The Las Vegas Sun

    Carson City — A defense attorney told the Nevada Supreme Court on Monday that the death penalty given Timothy Burnside should be overturned because of errors at his trial in Las Vegas.

    But Deputy District Attorney Marc Digiacomo argued there was "complete depravity" in the shooting death of Kenneth Hardwick at a Southern Nevada fast-food drive-thru in December 2006.

    Clark County Special Public Defender JoNell Thomas argued the district court jury failed to consider mitigating circumstances in arriving at the death penalty.

    The legal brief of the defense said Burnside was born out of wedlock, his mother drank alcohol during pregnancy and she abandoned him. He was raised by an aunt who died when he was 8 years old and he was exposed to criminal and gang violence at an early age.

    Digiacomo argued he had a past criminal record. He said Burnside was a good-looking guy, highly intelligent and had several past offenses. He promised judges he would never repeat the crimes but he did.

    Burnside and his co-defendant Derrick "Suage" McKnight followed the victim from the Mandalay Bay casino to a Jack in the Box, where he was shot eight times. McKnight stole a silver cigar box.

    "They ran away laughing and joking," said Digiacomo, who described Hardwick as an "innocent victim." Hardwick was a former professional basketball player who was with the Detroit Pistons for a while and other international teams.

    McKnight was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

    The jury also found Burnside guilty of robbery, which was used as an aggravating circumstance to enhance his sentence to death. Thomas said there was no demand for money by Burnside "and nothing established robbery."

    She also said that the prior offenses of Burnside were not violent crimes. He did not admit to robbery or assault, said Thomas.

    But Digiacomo said Burnside pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of attempted battery with substantial bodily harm.

    The defense, in its legal brief to the court, maintained there were numerous other errors made during the trial including that the death penalty is unconstitutional and the sentence was excessive given the facts of the case.

    The court took the arguments under submission and will rule later.

    http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014...las-vegas-kil/

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    State Supreme Court upholds death penalty in 2006 fatal shooting, robbery

    CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) — The Nevada Supreme Court has rejected an appeal for a death penalty conviction for a 2006 fatal shooting of a former professional basketball player in Las Vegas.

    Five justices upheld the death penalty for Timothy Burnside in an opinion issued Thursday.

    Justices found that prosecutors should have listed a cell phone tower technician as an expert witness during the trial, and that jury member received confusing instructions.

    But the court found that despite some errors during the trial, none were serious enough to require reversing or reopening Burnside's death sentence conviction for shooting and robbing Kenneth Hardwick in December 2006.

    Justices Michael Cherry and Nancy Saitta dissented, saying that confusing jury instructions over mitigating evidence during the sentencing warranted a new penalty trial.

    http://www.therepublic.com/view/stor...Vegas-Shooting

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Burnside's petition for certiorari.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Nevada
    Case Nos.: (56548)
    Decision Date: June 25, 2015
    Rehearing Denied: October 22, 2015

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/search.a...es/15-7794.htm

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