Gomez is a Mexican national and an opinion was held up until the Medellin case was decided. I think this has been pending at the 5th since 2004. Anyway he's denied and should be up for execution soon.
Case is in the opinion below.
http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/04/04-70047-CV1.wpd.pdf
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on: May 27, 2008, 08:09:31 PM 1 General Death Penalty / U.S. Death Penalty Discussion / Ignacio Gomez TX DR Inmate #999290 Denied COA by 5th Circuit
on: June 25, 2007, 09:39:26 AM 2 General Death Penalty / Stays of Execution / Thomas Douglas Arthur-Al 3/29/12- Appeals Federal Court Decision
Alabama court sets execution date in Muscle Shoals killing
The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday set a Sept. 27 execution date for Thomas Douglas Arthur, who was convicted of the murder-for-hire slaying of his girlfriend's husband in northwest Alabama.
This is Arthur's 2nd execution date. He was originally scheduled to die in April 2001, but received a delay from a federal judge so he could pursue another appeal. That appeal was recently turned down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state attorney general's office then asked the state Supreme Court to set a new execution date, which it did Friday.
Arthur, 65, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for shooting Troy Wicker of Muscle Shoals through the right eye as he slept. The victim's wife, Judy Wicker, was romantically involved with Arthur and testified she paid him $10,000 to kill her husband in 1981.
At the time of the killing, Arthur was in a prison work-release center in Decatur, serving a sentence for 2nd-degree murder for killing his sister-in-law in Marion County.
Arthur, who always maintained his innocence, was convicted of Wicker's murder and sentenced to death 3 times. Appeals courts overturned his 1st 2 convictions.
Assistant Attorney General Clay Crenshaw said Arthur has filed a separate federal court suit that challenges Alabama's use of legal injection for executions, and he could argue that his suit should result in another delay.
The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday set a Sept. 27 execution date for Thomas Douglas Arthur, who was convicted of the murder-for-hire slaying of his girlfriend's husband in northwest Alabama.
This is Arthur's 2nd execution date. He was originally scheduled to die in April 2001, but received a delay from a federal judge so he could pursue another appeal. That appeal was recently turned down by the U.S. Supreme Court.
The state attorney general's office then asked the state Supreme Court to set a new execution date, which it did Friday.
Arthur, 65, was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for shooting Troy Wicker of Muscle Shoals through the right eye as he slept. The victim's wife, Judy Wicker, was romantically involved with Arthur and testified she paid him $10,000 to kill her husband in 1981.
At the time of the killing, Arthur was in a prison work-release center in Decatur, serving a sentence for 2nd-degree murder for killing his sister-in-law in Marion County.
Arthur, who always maintained his innocence, was convicted of Wicker's murder and sentenced to death 3 times. Appeals courts overturned his 1st 2 convictions.
Assistant Attorney General Clay Crenshaw said Arthur has filed a separate federal court suit that challenges Alabama's use of legal injection for executions, and he could argue that his suit should result in another delay.
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