TDCJ panel critiques Smith Unit for late riot notification
A six member TDCJ panel faulted Preston E Smith Unit staff for about an hour delay in contacting outside agencies and initiating an emergency riot plan during the April 25 disturbance at the Lamesa unit. One inmate died and 31 were hospitalized as 262 inmates clashed.
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Lamesa
Pierce
Clements
Amarillo
Waco 9 1 1 tapes reveal Davidian panic
Jurors heard in a wrongful death trial the 1993 Mount Carmel raid panic captured on 9 1 1 tapes. Wayne Martin screamed that children were inside as gunfire echoed while sheriff officials tried to calm him. Plaintiffs allege indiscriminate firing. government contends Davidians fired first. The panel weighs evidence as trials proceed.
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Martin
FBI
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Branch Davidians
ATF
Lynch
Michael Bradford
Michael Caddell
Caddell
Dick DeGuerin
Houston
Koresh
DeGuerin
Court upholds two death sentences in Texas cases
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the death sentences of two men. Robert Brice Morrow, 43, of Liberty County, was convicted in 1997 for the abduction and slaying of Lisa Allison whose body was found in the Trinity River in April 1996. Her throat was slit and evidence linked Morrow to the victim’s car. Eddie C. Johnson, 21, of Tarrant County, was convicted in July 1997 for the shooting death of Jeffrey Doolittle in Fort Worth as he entered his garage. Johnson faced 39 issues on appeal, including attorney conflicts and disputed testimony.
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Court of Appeals
Eddie C. Johnson
Tarrant County
Johnson
Jeffrey Doolittle
Fort Worth
Doolittle
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