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    Conviction and death sentence affirmed by the CCA.

    http://www.search.txcourts.gov/Searc...c-8ad6db068652

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    Jefferson County Courthouse killer seeks hearing in top state court

    Jefferson County Courthouse killer Bartholomew Granger is asking the state's highest criminal court to order a hearing to address his post-conviction claims, which have been rejected twice by a local judge.

    Attorneys for Granger, who was sentenced to death in the fatal 2012 courthouse shooting of 79-year-old Minnie Ray Sebolt, say proceedings over the last several months have been "a sham" and that the court's conclusions, made from written pleadings, are unreliable without a hearing.

    Granger alleges his trial lawyer was ineffective, and that prosecutors and jurors engaged in misconduct.

    District Judge Kent Walston in 2015 ruled against Granger, but his appeal was delayed by an unusual conflict of interest. Former district judge Bob Wortham, who presided over Granger's trial, subsequently was elected Jefferson County district attorney, representing the state in the appeal.

    The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in February ordered an independent prosecutor take over, which voided previous rulings and effectively reset the appeal process.

    Thomas Roebuck was appointed as the new prosecutor and submitted a response to Granger's claims that was similar to the district attorney's.

    Walston sided with Roebuck without conducting a hearing.

    "The trial court did no more than hastily go through the same gestures all over again," Granger's Austin-based attorney, Gretchen Sween, wrote Friday.

    Granger has argued he intended to kill Claudia Jackson, his daughter's mother, not Sebolt, who was a bystander.

    Prosecutors acknowledge Granger targeted Jackson, who had previously testified against Granger in a sexual assault case. Because they won a conviction of Granger for retaliation against a witness, the charge was elevated to capital murder.

    At trial, prosecutors successfully made a case that Granger's intent to kill Jackson transferred to Sebolt. The appeal relies largely on the argument that prosecutors could not transfer the intent of murder in a capital case.

    On March 14, 2012, Granger opened fire in the courthouse parking lot during a break after his daughter and Jackson testified.

    Granger shot his daughter and ran over her with his vehicle, but she survived. Another bystander was wounded and survived.

    http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/ne...g-10750683.php
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    ARTICLE 11.071 APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DENIED WITH WRITTEN ORDER:

    http://www.search.txcourts.gov/Searc...9-0842fd224cc1

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    On July 7, 2017, Granger filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/te...cv00291/177131
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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Granger's petition for writ of certiorari was DENIED.

    Lower Ct: Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
    Case Numbers: (WR-83,135-01)
    Decision Date: May 17, 2017

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/17-5634.html

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    ARTICLE 11.071 APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS DISMISSED WITH WRITTEN ORDER:

    http://search.txcourts.gov/SearchMed...a-d29b872c4598

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    Habeas petition denied by the federal district court on February 24, 2023.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...291/177131/65/
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    On 1/16/24, Granger filed an appeal to the Fifth Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...s/ca5/24-70001
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