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fleetsfurder, Rape Cases Dominate State r ecordsHBP ’WASHINGTON (AP) - Here is a Texas breakdown on defendants whose death sentences were directly set aside by the Supreme Court Thursday.All of the defendants had ap-“Johnnie IJ’ s »oes Back f o the AltarRENO, Nev. (AP) — Baltimore Colts quarterback John Unitas was married here 45 minutes after divorcing his wife of 18 years, according to the football star’s attorney.wIouis Wiener, a Ixis Vegaslawver. renortpH rw«Hav thatpeals or petitions pending before the high court. The justices ordered the death sentences set aside and instructed lower courts to apply the 5-4 decision that the death penalty as presently used in the United States is unconstitutional.The majority of the 600 defendants on death rolls in 31 states did not have appeals pending in the high court. The 5-4 decision presumably will wipe out their death sentences also.Regional Edison Wright, sentenced for murder.Charles C. Smith, sentenced in 1966 for rape in Harris County.Robert Eddie Ixmis Jackson, sentenced in Newton County in the murder of Mrs. Mathew Bowie.being transported to the county jail in Halletsville.Arlice J. Huffman, convicted of the fatal stabbing of Harry S. Crigar, a 76-year-old hotel operator in Harris County. I^opoldo Morales.Calvin Sellars, convicted of armed robbery of Mari Schepp in Harris County in 1964.Billy Stanley, convicted of killing Linda Magers Stanley with his firsts in 1969 inMcKinney.Elmer Branch, convicted ofrape.F. L. McKenzie, sentenced in Tarrant County for the murder of W. C. Davis Jr.Robert Curry, convicted in1969 in Mclennan County of murdering his 4-year-old son, Ronald.
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Bryan Eagle
Bryan, Texas, US
Fri, Jun 30, 1972
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