Roderick Davie - Ohio - 08/10/10

[Jeff1857]

Court denies appeal of Valley man on death row


The next step would be an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court

Roderick Davie, 37, is now one step closer to execution.

The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Cincinnati, has denied Davie's appeal of his death sentence.

Davie argued his conviction was flawed because he had been illegally questioned by police, as well as because of misconduct by prosecutors and deficient jury instructions.

Davie's defense lawyers said Davie's confession to killing John Coleman and Tracey Jefferys and injuring William Everett on June 27, 1991, at Veterinary Companies of America of Warren, was coerced because police questioned him 4 times over about 6 hours.

2 of 3 appellate judges ruled that the confession was admissible, however, because Davie had initiated the 4th interview, the one in which he admitted to committing the crimes.

In his dissent, Judge Gilbert Merritt wrote that Davie was illegally enticed to confess despite repeated refusals to waive his Miranda rights.

Davie was fired by the pet food and supplies company 3 months before the killings.

LuWayne Annos, an assistant Trumbull County prosecutor, said the next step in Davie’s legal battle would be to appeal the 6th Circuit’s decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.

She said it takes about a year for the Supreme Court to accept or reject such a case, and it accepts only about 2 % of cases.

An execution date would likely be set if the U.S. Supreme Court denies the case, Annos said.

(source: Youngstown Vindicator)

[Heidi]

High Court Rejects Warren Death Row Inmate's Appeal

The US Supreme Court has turned down an appeal from one of Warren's death row inmates. 37 year old Roderick Davie has been on death row since his conviction for a 1991 murder at a pet food warehouse in Warren. Davie killed Tracey Jefferies and John Coleman. The Trumbull County Prosecutor will file a motion to ask the Ohio Supreme Court to set an execution date for Davie.

(source: WFMJ)

[Michael]

Trumbull killer gets execution date

Davie, 38, had been turned down by the U.S. Supreme Court in November on what was considered a final appeal in his case, and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on a claim that he wasn't properly given his Miranda rights when he was arrested in 1991 for killing two co-workers and attempting to kill a third.

In an unrelated case, Mahoning County death row inmate Mark Aaron Brown, 37, who is scheduled to die Thursday, asked the 6th circuit court on Tuesday to overturn a lower court's ruling that his execution should not be halted.

Brown is asking for the delay while he challenges the state's new lethal injection procedure, which includes a never-before-tried backup method that injects drugs directly into a muscle instead of a vein. Tuesday evening, the 7th District Court of Appeals denied Brown's motion for a new trial based on claims by his lawyers that a witness in his original trial lied during testimony.

U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost refused Monday to delay the execution.

Brown was sentenced to die for the 1994 fatal shooting of Isam Salman, owner of Midway Market in Youngstown. He received a life term for killing clerk Hayder Al-Turk the same night.

In Davie's case, John Coleman and Tracey Jefferys were killed in a June 27, 1991, attack at the VCA Warehouse on Main Avenue S.W., Warren. Coleman died from a single gunshot to the head, and Jefferys was beaten to death with a folding chair and a coffee urn.

A third man, William John Everett, was shot in the neck, arm and shoulder, but played dead and later escaped to testify against Davie. Davie had been fired from the company two months earlier.

Everett expressed relief Tuesday after hearing of the execution date.

''I'll be ready to attend any clemency hearing in the future. It's been a long time and I realize these things take time. But justice has to be served eventually,'' Everett said.

Including Davie's initial trial, Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins pointed out that Davie was unsuccessful in 10 different appeals or attempts at freedom since his capital murder trial in 1992.

The prosecutor said he expects to get a date for a clemency hearing in the next four to six weeks.

He said Tuesday that he had been in touch with two of Coleman's brothers and Jefferys' mother who were anxious to speak out at any clemency hearing.

Also Tuesday, the Ohio Supreme Court set a July 13 execution date for a death row inmate from Hamilton County and a Sept. 15 execution date for a death row inmate from Crawford County.

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/533078.html?nav=5021

[AnneTheBelgian]

Here is a photo of this scumbag...also known as Abdul Hakiym Zakiy




Anne

[Heidi]

New  date WOO HOO!!

[Jeff1857]

A July 14 clemency hearing has been set for a former Trumbull County man set to be executed in August.

During the clemency hearing, attorneys for Roderick Davies will be able to argue why his life should be spared.

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins will also argue as to why he believes the death penalty should be imposed.

Davies was sentenced to death on two aggravated murder charges for killing former coworkers John Coleman and Tracey Jefferys, along with the attempted murder of William "John" Everett at the Veterinary Companies of America pet food warehouse in Warren in 1991.

http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/story/Clemency-Hearing-Set-for-Valley-Killer/zrXjs96dI0qler18OYoZ9Q.cspx?rss=1664

[AnneTheBelgian]

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/539258.html?nav=5021

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Prosecutor: No clemency

Roderick Davie is set to be executed on Aug. 10

Tribune Chronicle

POSTED: July 3, 2010

WARREN - The Trumbull County Prosecutor's Office wants the Ohio Parole Board to know without question that the office is fully against granting clemency to death row inmate Roderick Davie.

That's why the office has filed pages of documents opposing leniency for the convicted killer in anticipation of Davie's July 14 hearing, when he can, if he chooses, offer any explanation why he shouldn't face the death penalty in connection to the 1991 deaths of John Coleman and Tracey Jefferys in Warren.

That, however, seems unlikely.

LuWayne Annos, Trumbull County assistant prosecutor, said the office has been informed by Davie's attorneys that he will not file a petition for clemency and not make a presentation to the parole board in two weeks. Also, Annos said, he refused the opportunity to participate in a video conference with the parole board on Thursday.

''Despite the fact that he apparently doesn't want to participate in these proceedings, we do,'' Annos said.

Davie's execution date has been set for Aug. 10.

The information released by the office on Friday supplements oral arguments scheduled for the hearing. In it, the office is asking the board to show no mercy to Davie, convicted in 1992 of attacking and killing Coleman and Jefferys on June 27, 1991, outside the VCA Warehouse on Main Avenue S.W.

Coleman died from a single gunshot to the head, and Jefferys was beaten to death with a folding chair and a coffee urn.

A third man, William John Everett, was shot in the neck, arm and shoulder, but played dead and later escaped to testify against Davie. Davie had been fired from the company two months earlier.

The prosecutor's office also notes that Davie has lost 20 appeals and claims in his effort to reverse the death sentence.

''Because Davie was shown to be guilty by such overwhelming evidence at trial, his case has withstood the test of time and appeal,'' the document states. ''Davie is a craven cold-blooded killer who has earned and deserves the death penalty.''







NO CLEMENCY FOR YOU SCUMBAG   


GO OHIO   








Anne

[Frenchy]

Abdul Hakiym Zakiy

Is this pronounced 'Abigmurderingbastard'?

[Elric of Melnibone]

Nah, Frenchy,

It is "Imurdered2peopleandIamaPOS."

[Frenchy]

you don't pronounce things with a French accent

[Elric of Melnibone]

Well, of course not...I am from Florida

[AnneTheBelgian]

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/539634.html?nav=5021

Watkins: Killer ‘evil’ and a danger

By JOE GORMAN Tribune Chronicle

POSTED: July 15, 2010

If convicted murderer Roderick Davie is one thing, he is consistent, said Trumbull County Assistant Prosecutor Dennis Watkins after he spoke at Davie's clemency hearing before the state parole board Wednesday.

''He's evil from the beginning to the end,'' Watkins said. ''He's a danger.''

Davie did not speak and waived presenting any testimony during the hour and a half hearing, Watkins said. Two brothers of one of his victims, John Coleman, did speak as did the mother of Tracy Jefferys, who was also killed.

Also testifying was the survivor of the June 27, 1991, attack, John Everett.

Davis is on death row for the attack at VCA Warehouse on Main Avenue S.W. in Warren. Coleman was killed by a single gunshot to the head and Jefferys beaten to death with a folding chair.

Everett was shot in the neck, arm and shoulder, but played dead and eventually escaped to later testify in the case against Davie. Davie had been fired from the company two months earlier. The victims were former co-workers.

Davie is set to be executed Aug. 10. The parole board will make their recommendation and give it to Gov. Ted Strickland July 22, who will then decide to accept or reject the recommendation.

Watkins said Davie is an ''unabashed psychopath,'' and despite coming from a good family, had behavior problems in middle school and high school and even in prison, where he has a 200-page disciplinary record and more than 50 documented incidents of trouble, including an assault on a family member who was visiting him.

In the county jail while awaiting his trial, Davie was written up 15 times for behavior incidents, Watkins said.

''He continues to be a danger to anyone around him,'' Watkins said.

Watkins said the message he sent to the parole board is that Davie does not deserve mercy.

''He does not know the meaning of the word,'' Watkins said.

Watkins credited Warren police and especially now Lt. Gary Vingle for building a strong case against Davie. He said Vingle was the officer who got Davie's confession.

Davie would be the first inmate from Trumbull County to be executed this year. Last year, Jason Getsy and Kenneth Biros were each executed for separate murders.

Getsy, 33, was convicted in 1995 of killing Ann Serafino, 66, and nearly killing her son Chuck Serafino as part of a murder-for-hire plot triggered by a dispute over a Hubbard landscaping business. He was put to death in August.

Biros, 51, was sentenced to die in 1991 for the murder of Tami Engstrom, 22, of Brookfield. Biros' life ended by an untested method of lethal injection in December, after the state botched an execution in September and was faced with lawsuits from inmates, including Biros.







Here is the "bill" of this POS :

1. ''He's evil from the beginning to the end,''

2. ''He's a danger.''

3. ''He continues to be a danger to anyone around him,''

...

=> the total of this dirty addition is simple : EXTERMINATION 


Please, great State of Ohio, dispense Justice








Anne

[Heidi]

Board Votes Against Clemency for Valley Killer

Gov. Ted Strickland has the final say, but it appears that Roderick Davie will not be granted clemency.

After last week's hearing, members of the Ohio Parole Board voted 8-0 that Davie was an unfavorable candidate for clemency. Davie made no attempt to spare his life by denying a June 28 video interview.

Prosecutors and the victims' families made statements in Columbus, pushing for his death sentence to be carried out as scheduled Aug. 10. Davie was convicted of the 1991 murders of Tracey Jefferys and John Coleman and the attempted murder of John Everett.

The three victims were employees at a Warren dog food company, where Davie had just been fired before the killings. Strickland has up until the execution to grant clemency.

http://www.wytv.com/content/news/local/story/Board-Votes-Against-Clemency-for-Valley-Killer/7o8G5Q6PeU2Wu1M40F-0UQ.cspx



Clemency report can be found here

http://www.drc.state.oh.us/Public/davie_clemency2010.pdf

[Mastodon]

I read the clemency report and it was disturbing to say the least.  This guy truly is a cold-blooded killer, an "unabashed psychopath." 

It feels good knowing there is 0% chance of this scumbag worming his way out of the death chamber.  I hope whatever sleep he gets in the few remaining weeks he's alive is plagued by nightmares. 

[AnneTheBelgian]

I have found another article...

http://www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/id/539950.html?nav=5021

Board recommends against clemency

Killer’s last chance is Gov. Strickland

Tribune Chronicle

POSTED: July 23, 2010

The state Parole Board on Thursday recommended that convicted killer Roderick Davie be denied clemency.

It is now up to Gov. Ted Strickland to either accept or reject the recommendation in the case of Davie, 38, who was convicted of killing two people in 1991 at a warehouse in Warren and injuring another person.

Davie - set to be executed Aug. 10 - would be the first inmate from Trumbull County to be put to death this year.

The board held a hearing last week on whether Davie should be given clemency. Davie did not testify at that hearing.

Davie was convicted in 1992 in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court for the June 27, 1991, murders of John Coleman and Tracey Jefferys at the VCA Warehouse on Main Avenue S.W. in Warren. Coleman was killed by a single gunshot to the head, and Jefferys was beaten to death with a folding chair.

A third victim, William John Everett, was shot in the neck, arm and shoulder, but played dead and eventually escaped to later testify against Davie. Davie had been fired from the company two months earlier. The victims were former co-workers.

Everett also testified before the board last week about lying on the floor and feeling helpless he could not help his co-workers who were shot, according to the board's report released Thursday. The report states Everett assured the board there was no doubt Davie was guilty.

''You have the right guy,'' Everett told the board.

Jefferys' mother also testified, as did two of Coleman's brothers, who said they were upset it has taken so long for the execution to take place.

In its decision recommending against clemency, the board noted that Davie did not testify and also called his crimes ''senseless and savage.'' It also pointed to his behavior while in prison, saying that it shows he could never adjust to being in a regular prison should he be taken off death row.

Prosecutors last week said Davie has a 200-page disciplinary record while in prison and has more than 50 documented incidents of trouble, including an assault on a family member who was there to see him.








Governor Strickland, you must do your job !!! This POS deserves his punishment Please, no clemency for him Go Ohio  







Anne