Accordingly, he cast his claims in the form of ineffective-assistance arguments. On June 24, 1993, members of the Black and White gang met to initiate Raul Villareal into their group. Cantu also makes no argument that his actions in participating in the murder did not rise to the level of "intentional" mens rea required for a capital murder conviction. Tr. 2 at 18.) Five individuals were convicted of the assaults, rapes, and murders in five different trials. Even assuming it was error to admit the material, the Court cannot find that it was a crucial, highly significant factor in Cantu's conviction. (Doc. Other judicial doctrines, such as the harmless-error doctrine and the non-retroactivity principle, bridle federal habeas relief. 21 at 327. 37.071 2(e)(1). Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Trong nm 2014, Umeken sn xut hn 1000 sn phm c hng triu ngi trn th gii yu thch. Cantu's federal habeas petition raises twelve interrelated claims that the Court summarizes as follows: Cantu exhausted each of his claims in state court. The state habeas court could reasonably find that trial and appellate counsel's representation did not violate Cantu's constitutional rights. A jury convicted Cantu of capital murder. A capital sentencing scheme must not preclude the jury "from considering, as a mitigating factor, any aspect of a defendant's character or record and of the circumstances of the offense that the defendant proffers as a basis for a sentence less than death." I wondered that too. Because he provided no evidence of constitutional overstepping by the police, both of Cantu's full statements came before the jury. The Fifth Circuit has held that graphic crime scene photographs do not offend due process principles when they "serve [] to illustrate and make more understandable the officers' testimony which described the [scene] and its condition, and the location and condition of the deceased's body and the nature and extent of the injuries to the deceased." "[I]t is not enough that an item of evidence viewed alone and unweighed against all the evidence supports" a lesser-included-offense instruction. exemption for fair use of copyrighted works. 8 years. The state court records consist of a Clerk's Record that contains pretrial motions, trial court orders, jury instructions, and other pleadings, cited as "Clerk's Record at "; a 32-volume Statement of Facts, including hearings on pretrial motions, jury voir dire, the guilt/innocence phase, and the penalty phase, cited as "Tr. Entry No. The Fifth Circuit found special support because the Supreme Court affirmed the formative Graham case in establishing its Penry law and distinguished Penry I in subsequent cases. Cantu does not raise a separate claim that the Due Process Clause prohibited the introduction of the allegedly inflammatory photographs and video. They also knew they would have to pass a sexually-oriented business on that route and so decided to take a well-known shortcut down a railroad track and through a city park to Elizabeth's neighborhood. The girls were walking along the White Oak Bayou when they encountered six "Black and White" gang members drinking beer shortly after holding the gang initiation ceremony of 17-year-old Raul Omar Villarreal. While in state and federal court Cantu has mentioned prejudice flowing from the crime-scene video, his complaints have focused most strongly on the admission of allegedly prejudicial photographs. 2005). See Alexander v. Johnson, 211 F.3d 895, 898 (5th Cir. Tr. The state habeas court was not unreasonable in finding that the failure to object did not impact his sentence. "Far from rejecting the current scheme regarding mitigation, . Its only task is to determine whether the petitioner meets the extremely stringent standards for federal habeas corpus relief. 1995); Allridge v. Scott, 41 F.3d 213, 222 (5th Cir. In Penry II, when striking down Texas' former sentencing scheme, the Supreme Court called the new statute "[a] clearly drafted catchall instruction on mitigating evidence" and a model of "brevity and clarity." Cantu raises two claims related to the jury's consideration of his mitigation defense. 28 at 783. 2004). Is there something we can do to bring more attention to this situation? 21 at 307-08. Posted on 10/09/2007 7:44:26 AM PDT by beaversmom. Vol. "), overruled on other grounds by Tennard v. Dretke, 542 U.S. 274 (2004). See Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc., 477 U.S. 242, 255 (1986) ("The evidence of the nonmovant is to be believed, and all justifiable inferences are to be drawn in his favor."). A review of the circumstances leading to Cantu's two statements and the trial context as a whole prove that a rational jury would not have convicted Cantu of a lesser offense. At trial, Officer Swainson testified that, "[b]ased on the statements that [they] had obtained, it appeared as if maybe there was a possibility [Cantu] didn't reveal his total involvement." The gang members took Jenny and Elizabeth from the clearing into a wooded area, leaving the juvenile behind, saying he was "too little to watch". When the pair realized that they were going to be late returning home, they decided to leave the party to commit the curfew both had promised to their parents. Tr. He then clasped his arm around Pea's neck, threw her to the ground and dragged her down a gravel decline in the direction of the other gang members as Pea screamed and pleaded for help. The gang members present were Jose Medellin, Peter Cantu, Roman Sandoval, Efrain Given the exhaustive prior summaries of the crime the Court will recite only briefly the factual narrative. Vol. Vol. 2008) (quoting Rogers, 848 F.2d at 608). Entry No. 2. The Sandoval brothers testified at trial that Medellin and Cantu forced the girls to the ground. Witnesses described Peter Cantu as absolutely unremorseful about his prominent role in the soul-sickening crime. visiting the murder location of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman two houston teenager who were brutally taped and murdered by gang memebers After the presentation of testimony and evidence in a separate punishment phase, the jury answered Texas' special issue questions: For convenience, the Court will generally refer to Cantu's attorneys collectively as "trial counsel.". Peter Cantu, far left, glances back at Randy Ertman, far right, as Ertman, father of Cantu's murder victim, Jennifer, 14, shouts. Clark v. Johnson, 202 F.3d 760, 764 (5th Cir. C s sn xut Umeken c cp giy chng nhn GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice), chng nhn ca Hip hi thc phm sc kho v dinh dng thuc B Y t Nht Bn v Tiu chun nng nghip Nht Bn (JAS). 21 at 328. While were at it maybe some pads for Jorge Sr. for his meets with Bubba. The trial court did not allow any voir dire discussion of potential parole eligibility. He extended his violent acts into the prison setting. Tr. He raped Jennifer and was later sentenced to 40 years for aggravated sexual assault, which was the maximum sentence for a juvenile. Cantu's motion alleged that his statements were not voluntary because they were "the result of the promises and other coercive actions of law enforcement officers," taken without proper warnings or an adequate arrest warrant, and after Cantu exerted his right to remain silent. Jester, both busy streets. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1907733/posts, Death Penalty Case Puts Bush and Texas at Odds Over Mexicans Fate At the time of Cantu's trial, a Texas capital defendant who received a life sentence would become eligible for parole after 35 years of incarceration. 3. 1998). 13 at 10.) Tigner v. Cockrell, 264 F.3d 521, 525 (5th Cir. Put a needle in her arm and just go to sleep. Vol. O'Brien, 156 F. App'x at 736. Testimony showed that Jenny had gotten free and could have run away but returned to Elizabeth when she cried out for Jenny to help her. Vol. At trial, Cantu did not give the jury a strong reason to disbelieve his second statement. Nearby, Mary had just rented a new house but the problem was that dang alarm. Two VERY important things in the criminal justice system have changed as a result of these murders. June 25, 2003); Villareal v. Cockrell, No. Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288 (1989), thus bars relief on these claims. The families filed missing persons reports with the Houston Police Department and continued to look for the girls on their own. Feb. 14, 2003); Cantu v. State, 939 S.W.2d 627, 631-32 (Tex.Crim.App. A state court unreasonably applies federal law when it "identifies the correct governing legal rule from [the Supreme Court] cases but unreasonably applies it to the particular facts of the particular state prisoner's case" or when "the state court either unreasonably extends a legal principle from [Supreme Court] precedent to a new context where it should not apply or unreasonably refuses to extend that principle to a new context where it should apply." 24 at 854. 21 at 120. Id. 2 at 30.) 2003) (finding that 28 U.S.C. TEX. 1992). The 2008 See 28 U.S.C. 24 at 860. The Court will review the context of closing argument to provide context to the allegedly objectionable prosecutorial statements. Peter Cantu probably would've. Vn phng chnh: 3-16 Kurosaki-cho, kita-ku, Osaka-shi 530-0023, Nh my Toyama 1: 532-1 Itakura, Fuchu-machi, Toyama-shi 939-2721, Nh my Toyama 2: 777-1 Itakura, Fuchu-machi, Toyama-shi 939-2721, Trang tri Spirulina, Okinawa: 2474-1 Higashimunezoe, Hirayoshiaza, Miyakojima City, Okinawa. Before trial, Cantu wanted to discuss Texas parole law with potential jurors. With respect to those convictions between 1989 and 1991, the Supreme Court ultimately rejected Texas' stopgap instructions. For the reasons that have been given, Respondent's Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED and the Federal Petition is DENIED. Im listening to her (Laura Ingraham) right now. In response to accusations from anti-death penalty advocates that the death penalty is a cruel and unusual form of punishment, Pea's father later remarked O'Brien's death had occurred peacefully, "in twenty seconds", adding: "I wish to God that my daughter could have died that easily. 2002) ("[Rule 56] applies only to the extent that it does not conflict with the habeas rules. 403. why don't you also think in terms of maybe what these girls were thinking about, what their hopes and dreams were, what their wishes were[.] At trial, Officer Swainson testified about the circumstances that led to Cantu's second statement: Tr. CODE CRIM. Under Texas state law, "proper jury argument must fall within one of the following categories: (1) summary of the evidence; (2) reasonable deduction from the evidence; (3) in response to argument of opposing counsel; and (4) plea for law enforcement." The state habeas court indeed concluded that Cantu had procedurally defaulted any due process objection to the material. 2. "[T]he state may shape and structure the jury's consideration of mitigation so long as it does not preclude the jury from giving effect to any relevant mitigating evidence." Borjan v. State, 787 S.W.2d 53, 55 (Tex.Crim.App. Gang rapists/murderers are a special kind of sub species of vermin. See Howell v. Mississippi, 543 U.S. 440, 445 (2005) (finding that similar reasoning by the Mississippi Supreme Court "finds some support in [Supreme Court] cases"); Hopkins v. Reeves, 524 U.S. 88, 98-99 (1998) (distinguishing Beck from those cases where the jury "did not have to consider the dilemma faced by Beck's jury; its alternative to death was not setting respondent free, but rather sentencing him to life imprisonment"); Schad v. Arizona, 501 U.S. 624, 646 (1991) ("Our fundamental concern in Beck was that a jury . In Penry v. Johnson, 532 U.S. 782, 804 (2001) (" Penry II"), the Supreme Court found that the supplemental mitigating instructions given before 1991 amounted to an "ineffective and illogical" mechanism for giving effect to mitigating evidence. Accordingly, Cantu has not shown that the state court's rejection of this claim was contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, federal law. Cantu himself stated: "The bitch wouldn't die so I stomped on her neck." Officer Swainson decided to interview Cantu again. The Beck Court held that a State cannot "impose a blanket ban on lesser-included-offense instructions in capital cases. Cantu did not testify or call any witnesses. Jennifer Ertman's dad, Randy Ertman, was about to give an interview regarding the missing girls to a local television reporter when the call came over a cameraman's police scanner that two bodies had been found. at 736. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. Leaving the crime scene, Peter Cantu handed Venancio Medelln a Goofy wristwatch taken from Ertman's body, saying, "Take this, I don't want it.". Cantu's Beck claim depends on the jury believing that his first statement represented the only valid account of the crime, to the exclusion of his second statement and all additional trial testimony. The Texas Legislature's renovation of its capital punishment scheme in the wake of Furman did not include a specific vehicle for the consideration of mitigating evidence. 24 at 932-33; Tr. Peter Cantu then returned, and divided valuables that had been stolen from the girls. (Doc. 24 at 944. There, the gang members strangled the girls with their hands, shoelaces, and a belt. But if something like this cant spark it, what can? This was clearly a job for a lynch mob. 37.071 2(e)(1); Clerk's Record at 289. In 1989, however, the Supreme Court held that Texas' then-operative system did not always provide an effective vehicle for considering mitigating evidence. The medical examiner testified that Elizabeth's two front teeth were knocked out of her brutalized mouth before she died and that two of Jennifer's ribs were broken after she had died. Tr. The Due Process Clause protects against prosecutorial excess in closing summation. CODE CRIM. The details in this description of the girls last moments are brutal. '"); Lincecum v. Collins, 958 F.2d 1271, 1274-75 (5th Cir. Having reviewed the record, the pleadings, and the law particularly the operation of the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act's ("AEDPA") deferential standards the Court concludes that Cantu is not entitled to habeas corpus relief. Id. (Doc. at 734. Id. Maybe other people can email to other hosts as well. Even if the jury somehow believed only the story from his first statement, Cantu's second statement was not the only evidence showing that he participated in the murders. Vol. The jury's answers to the special issues required the trial court to impose a death sentence. 2008). Clerk's Record at 15. WebJennifer Elizabeth Texas Early Like any typical teen in the early 90's, Jennifer decorates her room with posters probably from magazines like "Tiger Beat" M Maria Narvaez Elizabeth Joe Cantu asked the group, who was giggling and laughing, what happened. "It is not enough that the jury may disbelieve crucial evidence pertaining to the greater offense. Tr. 1998). 1) You are a coward with regard to Mexico. The break in solving the case came from, of course, the 911 call. After Ws wimping out on this issue, I have lost all respect for the man as a leader. Venancio Medellin has been denied parole five times, most recently in November 2020. Along came two girls, Jennifer Ertman, 14, and Elizabeth Pena, 16, taking a shortcut home from a friend's house. Robertson, 324 F.3d at 304 (quoting Brecht v. Abrahamson, 507 U.S. 619, 629 (1993)); see also Aleman v. Sternes, 320 F.3d 687, 690-91 (7th Cir. Although better practice would have been to strike the prosecutor's comment, federal precedent shows that it did not violate Cantu's constitutional rights. Medellin stopped Pena. Tr. However, the Supreme Court "has never held that jury discretion must be unlimited or unguided; [it has] never suggested that jury consideration of mitigating evidence must be undirected or unfocused; [it has] never concluded that States cannot channel jury discretion in an effort to achieve a more rational and equitable administration of justice." See 28 U.S.C. Vol. Trial counsel Robert Morrow also closed by encouraging the jury not to "follow death with more death[.]" 28 at 785. Federal review of the propriety of lesser-included-offense instructions is not so limited. Gathers, 490 U.S. at 818. The Supreme Court's subsequent decision in Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005), prohibited executions for crimes committed prior to a defendant's 18th birthday. United States District Court, S.D. She then attempted to flee. As noted above, the jury had before it a sufficient vehicle which would allow full and complete consideration of Cantu's mitigating evidence. Entry No. As the Court of Criminal Appeals observed: "For a rational jury to find that appellant was guilty only of murder, some evidence must exist in the record that appellant did not commit sexual assault, robbery, or kidnapping or did not kill during the commission of or in the immediate flight from committing any of these offenses." Oliver v. Quarterman, 254 F. App'x 381, 387 (5th Cir. PRO. Tr. The AEDPA also rigorously defers to state findings of fact unless a petitioner presents clear and convincing evidence in rebuttal. We need to send Jorge some kneepads so he wont hurt himself in dealing with Mexico. Anderson, a Houston Police Department officer who worked on the murder case, described the murder as "part of the impetus for the antigang programs in Houston." Cantu asserts that the Due Process Clause (claim one), the Eighth Amendment protection against Cruel and Unusual Punishment (claim two), and the Sixth Amendment's Compulsory Process Clause (claim three) required Texas to inform its capital juries about the operation of Texas' parole law. Entry No. Vol. He was the ringleader in a crime that struck a raw nerve for its Tr. Even if trial counsel should have objected, the prosecutor's statements were only minor threads in a detailed mosaic that supported the jury's answers to the special issues. Against this backdrop, Cantu accuses Texas of perpetuating Penry error after the legislative renovation in 1991. Cantu faults his trial attorneys for not making a federal due process objection when the prosecution introduced the allegedly inflammatory material into evidence. PENAL CODE 19.03(a) (capital murder) with TEX. 3) Your have handed the Presidency to Hillary Clinton. Persuasive trial testimony confirmed Cantu's role not only in the kidnapping and sexual assault, but in the murder of the girls. The state habeas court rejected each of his complaints. See Tr. Cantu filed a motion to suppress his statements. art. He then apologized to his own family before he was executed by lethal injection. Buchanan v. Angelone, 522 U.S. 269, 276 (1998); see also Franklin, 487 U.S. at 179. 2006); O'Brien, 156 F. App'x at 735. They were last seen by friends about 11:15 at night, when they left a friend's apartment to head home, to beat summer curfew at 11:30. 2008); Thacker, 396 F.3d at 617-18; the Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause, Nealy v. Dretke, 172 F. App'x 593, 597 (5th Cir. PROC. Nothing in the trial testimony seriously questioned the integrity of Cantu's statements, particularly his second one in which he provided a full account of his actions. TEX. Cantu, 939 S.W.2d at 647. WebHUNTSVILLE, Texas (CBS/AP/KHOU) Tonight, Peter Anthony Cantu will be executed for two of the most notorious deaths in Houston history, the 1993 rapes and murders of 16-year Tr. 21 at 311. Executing Cantu causes still further misgivings when viewed, not relative to his peers, but relative to his life prior to the unspeakable horror of this single evening. Clearly established Supreme Court precedent applies Simmons "only to instances where, as a legal matter, there is no possibility of parole if the jury decides the appropriate sentence is life in prison." Well I better stay speechless because whats going through my head would get me banned. Both victims were badly decaying, and dental records were used for identification. 20 at 95. Villareal and O'Brien began choking the Ms. Ertman, first with their hands and then with a belt. Five members of the Black and White gang Cantu, Jose Medellin, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrian Perez, and Raul Villareal received death sentences for their role in the rape and murder of fourteen-year-old Jennifer Ertman and sixteen-year-old Elizabeth Pena. State Habeas Record at 260. Vol. Realizing that the girls would be capable of identifying them, Peter Cantu, the leader of the gang, ordered the members to kill the girls. Nothing in Penry I signaled a wholesale rejection of Texas' special issues, yet the Supreme Court failed to articulate how to determine what evidence evaded Texas' sentencing review. 13 at 11.) The Due Process Clause only provides relief from evidentiary rulings that are "so unduly prejudicial that it render[ed] the trial fundamentally unfair." In Jurek v. Texas, 428 U.S. 262 (1976), the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Texas's capital sentencing statute. Tr. TOP 0.5% June 8, 2021 The most difficult episode of Clueston. 21 at 320-21, Vol. While the jury may have been able to infer that Cantu could not have been paroled before the end of that period, Texas law hindered him from fully explaining parole ineligibility to the jury. According to Cantu, that language allows jury consideration of evidence relating to his culpability at the exclusion of additional aspects of his character. Elizabeth was also strangled with her shoelaces, after crying and begging the gang members not to kill them; bargaining, offering to give them her phone number so they could get together again. While Cantu was not particularly talkative, he agreed with the statements made by the other gang members. Because a reasonable jury would find that Cantu's second statement fully agreed with the other overwhelming evidence against Cantu, the Court of Criminal Appeals was not unreasonable in holding that the facts of this case did not entitle him to a lesser-included-offense instruction. Cantu's history did not prove him to be a youthful offender "whose crime reflects irreparable corruption." Vol. Cantu unsuccessfully challenged his conviction and sentence on direct appeal and state habeas review. Baby Jennifer was the Ertmans own personal little miracle. The state courts would not be unreasonable in finding that the result would not have been any different if his counsel had performed in the manner Cantu outlines on federal review. . Vol. Tr. (quoting Graham, 506 U.S. at 476). [T]here is no reason to show any mercy to this man because you know what kind of a person he is and how much mercy and compassion he has in him." PRO. Chng ti phc v khch hng trn khp Vit Nam t hai vn phng v kho hng thnh ph H Ch Minh v H Ni. The Court must decide whether "there is a reasonable likelihood that the jury has applied the challenged instruction in a way that prevents the consideration of constitutionally relevant evidence." at 328 (quoting Woodson, 428 U.S. at 305). Both repeatedly struggled against their abusers, with Pea on at least one occasion attempting to fight off her attackers by repeatedly kicking her legs, and Ertman biting her attackers. See Horn, 536 U.S. at 272 (relying on Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288 (1989)). 1991). On that basis, the prosecution asked the jury to assess Texas' special issues in a manner that would result in a death sentence. Tr. "In order to ensure `reliability in the determination that death is the appropriate punishment in a specific case,'" Penry I held that "the jury must be able to consider and give effect to any mitigating evidence relevant to a defendant's background and character or the circumstances of the crime." In 2016 Shana Grice (19) reported her stalker Brian Walshe charged in Ana Walshe's murder in Massachusetts. This case is ripe for adjudication. Vol. Darden, 477 U.S. at 182. They also told police that both girls were raped by no less than two men simultaneously at all times. 28 at 787 (emphasis added). See Buchanan v. Angelone, 522 U.S. 269, 276 (1998); Boyde v. California, 494 U.S. 370, 377 (1990). due process plainly requires that [the defendant] be allowed to bring [parole ineligibility] to the jury's attention by way of argument by defense counsel or an instruction from the court." H-01-4078, 2003 WL 25321243 (S.D. Two brothers who had been with them but testified that they were not in the gang left first and passed Jenny and Elizabeth, who were unknowingly walking towards their deaths. The whole purpose of punishing these people should be to make them suffer. Im not sure who else has brought attention to it. 2002); Collier v. Cockrell, 300 F.3d 577, 583 (5th Cir. Clerk's Record at 15. Nm 1978, cng ty chnh thc ly tn l "Umeken", tip tc phn u v m rng trn ton th gii. Id. I do agree with the father though that it wasn't nearly painful or drawn out enough. Really. The prosecutor gave a detailed recapitulation of Cantu's confession, mentioning each violent act Cantu committed against the two girls. No mercy for the bastard. Peter Anthony Cantu, Jos Ernesto Medelln, Derrick Sean O'Brien, Efrain Prez, and Raul Omar Villarreal received death sentences. Fortunately, they did manage to keep Randy from entering the woods and seeing his daughter's brutalized body and that of her friend Elizabeth, but they were unable to escape that fate themselves. H-02-1975 (S.D. What a horrible crime. Jester Park in Houston, Texas on the night of June 24, 1993, when they encountered six members of the Black and White gang. A habeas court likewise cannot grant relief if it would require the creation and retroactive application of new constitutional law. at 272-73. I wish to hell he could have died the way she died.". "Mitigating evidence that illustrates a defendant's character or personal history embodies a constitutionally important role in the process of individualized sentencing, and in the ultimate determination of whether the death penalty is an appropriate punishment." 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