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Oz girl:
that would make sense. Though 40 years is a pretty long time

Oscar:
More research in the case has revielded that his court-appointed attorney is critized because he had various conflicts regarding possible job openings which prevented him from giving his clients best possible defense.

Man set to die faults ex-medical examiner, By Marty Schladen, EL PASO TIMES, June 25, 2010


--- Quote ---The lawyers also contend that Perry's trial attorney was incompetent. They referred to several news stories, including one in the New York Times, criticizing the attorney, Stephen Taylor.
--- End quote ---

We have been able to locate some articles about clients who didn't want Taylor as defense lawywers but was denied to choose among the court-appointed lawyers, but we have so far been unable to locate the articles in New York Times. Taylor is also noticed for shortcomings in other cases:

Lawyer’s writs come up short, by Chuck Lindell, October 30, 2006

BuzzKill:
I have heard that his attorney was less than stellar - Perry claims he actually feel asleep during the trial. I have wondered if he was maybe just resting his eyes but perfectly attentive to the testimony; or even if as damning testimony was given he was reacting by dropping his head and rubbing his eyes in an Oh My Gosh, how can I over come that sort of thing. But naturally I have no real knowledge of what happened.  I am pretty sure that this lack of adequate representation was part of the appeal process and that the court determined this was not the case - that Perry was adequately defended; Still, one wonders how high the state of TX has the bar set for such a defense.

I'm feeling very sad - agitated and conflicted - tired and head achy over the whole thing.

I think his exaction is inevitable.

I'd like to suggest that those of you reading this who have a belief in eternity and salvation pray for the kid- and the victims families.

BuzzKill:
http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/07/01 ... se-is.html

 Star-Telegram.com
Killer of Houston-area nurse is executed

Posted Thursday, Jul. 01, 2010

By SARAH PORTLOCK

The Associated Press

HUNTSVILLE -- Convicted killer Michael James Perry was executed Thursday evening for gunning down a nurse at her home north of Houston nine years ago and stealing her red Camaro convertible.

Perry and a co-defendant were also accused of killing the woman's 16-year-old son and one of his friends and stealing the son's SUV, but they were not charged in those deaths.

Perry, 28, mouthed to relatives and friends watching through a window that he loved them.

"I want to start off to everyone involved in this atrocity, they're all forgiven by me," he said in a brief statement from the death chamber gurney.

He lifted his head from the pillow and, his voice cracking, cried out: "Mom, I love you."

"I'm coming home, Dad. I'm coming home," he added. His father died last month.

He never acknowledged relatives of the nurse, Sandra Stotler, who looked through an adjacent window.

As the drugs took effect, a single tear ran down his right cheek, prompting quiet sobs from his mother and an aunt and friends.

He was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m., the 14th prisoner executed this year in Texas, the nation's most active death penalty state.

About 90 minutes earlier, the U.S. Supreme Court had rejected a last-day appeal from Perry's lawyers.

They unsuccessfully argued that they had new evidence showing that Perry was already in jail when Stotler was killed.

They also contended that a co-defendant and friend of Perry's killed Stotler.

Prosecutors said a "mountain of evidence" pointed to Perry -- most notably that he was seen driving Stotler's stolen car and bragged about the killing before his arrest.

Perry was convicted of shooting Stotler twice in the back, stealing her Camaro and then, along with Jason Burkett, dumping her body in a lake. They then returned to Stotler's Lake Conroe subdivision to wait for her son, Adam Stotler. Prosecutors said Perry and Burkett lured Adam Stotler, 16, and Jeremy Richardson, 18, to a nearby wooded area, shot them dead and stole Adam Stotler's SUV.

Two days later, Perry crashed the Camaro after a police chase. He was arrested and released on bail under Adam Stotler's name because he had Stotler's wallet and ID.

Sandra Stotler's body was found the next day. Police then arrested Perry and Burkett in Stotler's SUV after a shootout. Inside the truck, officers found the 12-gauge shotgun used to kill Sandra Stotler.

Perry was never charged with the two other slayings. Burkett is serving a life sentence for his role in the deaths.

Ursus:

In this June 9, 2010 photo, Michael Perry, 28, speaks from a death row visiting cage at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Polunsky Unit outside Livingston, Texas. Perry is set for execution Thursday, July 1, for the October 2001 slaying of 50-year-old Sandra Stotler during a burglary of her home near Lake Conroe, north of Houston. Perry will be the 14th prisoner executed this year in Texas, the nation's busiest death penalty state. (AP Photo/Michael Graczyk)

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