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    Theodore Churchill Shove - California Death Row


    Theodore Churchill Shove


    Facts of the Crime:

    Theodore Shove was sentenced to death in Los Angeles County on March 13, 2008 for the murders of 81-year-old Hubert Souther and his 79-year-old wife, Elizabeth. The Southers, who had been married more than 50 years, were found dead in their bed by one of their two adult daughters on September 17, 2001. Shove, was trying to take over Hubert Souther's successful aerospace salvage business, Cal Aero Supply Co., when he had accomplice Lewis Hardin break into their home and bludgeon them with a tire iron.

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    March 31, 2008

    Theodore Shove Sentenced to Death

    LOS ANGELES (AP) - A man who arranged the killings of an elderly La Habra Heights couple was sentenced to death Thursday.

    A Los Angeles judge sentenced 55-year-old Theodore Shove while rejecting bids for a life sentence and a new trial.

    An appeal is automatic.

    Shove was convicted last fall of the first-degree murders of 81-year-old Hubert Souther and his 79-year-old wife, Elizabeth Ann. The couple were beaten to death in their bed in 2001.

    Prosecutors said Shove arranged for another man to kill the couple so he could take over Hubert Souther's surplus hardware and tool business.

    Lewis Hardin was convicted of actually carrying out the tire-iron murders. He'll be sentenced next month and faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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    Counsel was appointed to represent Shove on direct appeal before the California Supreme Court on January 8, 2013.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...pRICAgCg%3D%3D

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Shove's petition for writ of certiorari was DENIED.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    Case Nos.: (13-56448, 13-72905)
    Decision Date: December 17, 2013

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    I would think that the Supreme Court's certiorari denial must have arisen from a prison-condition civil rights suit and not from a federal habeas petition given that Shove's direct state appeal has not even been resolved yet.

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    On November 3, 2017, a prosecution response to Shove's direct appeal was filed.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...pRICAgCg%3D%3D

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    Shove's direct appeal has been fully briefed before the California Supreme Court since November 5, 2018.

    http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.g...pRICAgCg%3D%3D

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    On February 17, 2023, Shove filed a habeas petition in federal district court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ca...cv01227/876229
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