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    Donald Ray Millwee - California










    Facts of the Crime:

    Sentenced to death in Riverside County on March 21, 1990 in the September 6, 1986 murder of his mother Esta Millwee. In the kitchen, Millwee’s father found Esta’s body sprawled on a stool that was tipped and leaning backwards against the counter. She had been shot once in the forehead.

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    On May 18, 1998, the California Supreme Court affirmed Millwee's sentence on direct appeal.

    http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/p...-millwee-31309

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    On July 29, 1998, Millwee filed a habeas petition before the California Supreme Court.

    On November 1, 2006, his petition was denied.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...doc_no=S072082

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    Diagnosis

    Stroke, schizoid, antisocial

    Competence

    A stroke left Millwee partly paralyzed with diminished capacity to speak and dementia. In an exam he could not name his mother, whom he killed.

    Legal

    A federal death penalty appeal halted in 2008 resumed in 2015 after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that there is no constitutional right to sanity for appeals.

    http://www.latimes.com/projects/la-me-ln-death-row-20/

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    On May 26, 2021, oral argument will be heard in Millwee's appeal before the Ninth Circuit over the denial of his habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calenda...s=26&year=2021

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    The panel hearing Milwee's appeal will be made up of Chief Judge Thomas (Clinton), Judge Friedland (Obama) and Judge Lee (Trump).

    https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/calenda...s=26&year=2021


    Condemned Inmate Donald Millwee Dies of Natural Causes

    CORCORAN – Condemned inmate Donald R. Millwee, on California’s death row from Riverside County, passed away in an outside hospital on July 27 at 5:40 p.m.

    Millwee was admitted from San Diego County on Feb. 11, 1987, to serve 13 years, six months for voluntary manslaughter, inflicting great bodily injury, and having a prior felony conviction of a serious offense.

    While he was incarcerated, he was sentenced to death in Riverside County on March 21, 1990, for first-degree murder, an enhancement for use of a firearm, robbery and first-degree burglary. Millwee was admitted to San Quentin State Prison on March 28, 1990. He had been housed at California State Prison, Corcoran since Oct. 16, 2015.

    There are currently 699 people on California’s death row. More information about capital punishment in California can be found here: https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/capital-punishment/

    https://www.cdcr.ca.gov/news/2021/07...atural-causes/

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