In a published story in the Houston Chronicle, the lawyer defending Juan Quintero was held in contempt for withholding documents that were required to be supplies to the prosecution.
Below is the clip from the Chronicle:
A lawyer defending Juan Leonardo Quintero in his death-penalty trial was held in contempt of court this morning for withholding documents to which prosecutors said they were entitled under the rules of evidence.
State District Judge Joan Campbell held Danalynn Recer in contempt during an early-morning hearing outside the presence of the jury, according to court documents.
Campbell is expected to decide what punishment, if any, Recer should receive after the trial concludes.
The judge and Recer declined to comment, as did prosecutor Lyn McClellan.
David Lane, an attorney assisting Recer, said she forgot a doctor's report at her office this morning, delaying the court about 10 minutes while it was faxed over.
The documents involved the work of a doctor who testified today, bolstering assertions by a psychologist who told jurors Monday that Quintero was insane during the few minutes when he shot a Houston police officer in 2006.
Prosecutors considered the report important for them to use during cross-examination of the doctor, D.L. Creson.
The defense team is trying to show that Quintero is not guilty of capital murder by reason of insanity.
Antonio Puente said Monday he believes the 34-year-old defendant meets the legal definition of "insane."
Quintero has acknowledged in a videotaped statement to police that he shot Officer Rodney Johnson after being arrested in September 2006.
The trial is in its second week. Prosecutors plan to seek a death sentence if Quintero is convicted.
Quintero's attorneys have said he suffered brain damage in a childhood fall and that he shot Johnson because he perceived that the officer was a threat.
Johnson was shot seven times as he filled out paperwork in the front seat of his patrol car. Quintero was handcuffed and locked in the back seat.
Investigators have said Johnson searched Quintero, but overlooked the gun he had tucked in his waistband, after arresting him for not having a driver's license.
They are trying to portray this guy as insane. He is not insane, HE IS CRAZY!!! Execute him as soon as possible.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” - Albert Einstein
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Trial of Cop Killer Begins in Houston
The death-penalty trial of Juan Leonardo Quintero, 34, opened this morning as prosecutors told jurors the illegal immigrant is a "cold-blooded killer" for executing Houston Police Officer Rodney Johnson.
Johnson had stopped Quintero for speeding and arrested him for not having a driver's license. As Johnson worked on a report in the front seat of his patrol car, Quintero, who was handcuffed and locked in the back seat, pulled a pistol from his waistband that was overlooked in a search. He shot Johnson four times in the head.
According to court records, Quintero was convicted of driving while intoxicated and received deferred adjudication for indecency with a child before he was deported in 1999.
Read more about the case here.
I think they should strap him to the gerney and insert the needle. This guy is a cool blooded killer.
Some of the comments on the Houston Chronicle's site are as follows:
macrane wrote: THEY JUST COME HERE TO WORK...right??
jeeterbug wrote: you killed someone, a police officer at that...break the law, pay the consequence. if you don't like our laws, stay in mexico!
SSM wrote: Makes me sick..... A good man gunned down by an illegal. Watching the news, driving around Houston, it's scary. We are in major trouble.
AmericanPatriot wrote: This man is a criminal murderer who came to America illegally. Death is too good for him. I look forward to the day when his employer is prosecuted. Throw him in jail too! I hope the family sues the scum employer for enabling him to come into this country and facilitating the murder.
aboutfrikkintime wrote: think of it this way, he has a long list of priors including child molestation, he was deported before and came back, he is scum and doesn't deserve the right to breath, think of his victims and their families, now how would you feel knowing he is in prison getting 3 squares, and job training, and watching sports or surfing the net? Come on I am a firm believer in the death penalty, unfortunatly leathal injection is too good for this guy, shoot him in the back of his head...eye for an eye....
THIS GUY IS LOWER THAN SCUM!!! EXCUTE HIM AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS!!! IN FACT, A PUBLIC EXECUTION MIGHT BE JUST THE THING!!!
I will keep abreast of this story and post more later.
“When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty. We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors.” - Ann Coulter
Johnson had stopped Quintero for speeding and arrested him for not having a driver's license. As Johnson worked on a report in the front seat of his patrol car, Quintero, who was handcuffed and locked in the back seat, pulled a pistol from his waistband that was overlooked in a search. He shot Johnson four times in the head.
According to court records, Quintero was convicted of driving while intoxicated and received deferred adjudication for indecency with a child before he was deported in 1999.
Read more about the case here.
I think they should strap him to the gerney and insert the needle. This guy is a cool blooded killer.
Some of the comments on the Houston Chronicle's site are as follows:
macrane wrote: THEY JUST COME HERE TO WORK...right??
jeeterbug wrote: you killed someone, a police officer at that...break the law, pay the consequence. if you don't like our laws, stay in mexico!
SSM wrote: Makes me sick..... A good man gunned down by an illegal. Watching the news, driving around Houston, it's scary. We are in major trouble.
AmericanPatriot wrote: This man is a criminal murderer who came to America illegally. Death is too good for him. I look forward to the day when his employer is prosecuted. Throw him in jail too! I hope the family sues the scum employer for enabling him to come into this country and facilitating the murder.
aboutfrikkintime wrote: think of it this way, he has a long list of priors including child molestation, he was deported before and came back, he is scum and doesn't deserve the right to breath, think of his victims and their families, now how would you feel knowing he is in prison getting 3 squares, and job training, and watching sports or surfing the net? Come on I am a firm believer in the death penalty, unfortunatly leathal injection is too good for this guy, shoot him in the back of his head...eye for an eye....
THIS GUY IS LOWER THAN SCUM!!! EXCUTE HIM AS AN EXAMPLE TO OTHERS!!! IN FACT, A PUBLIC EXECUTION MIGHT BE JUST THE THING!!!
I will keep abreast of this story and post more later.
“When contemplating college liberals, you really regret once again that John Walker is not getting the death penalty. We need to execute people like John Walker in order to physically intimidate liberals, by making them realize that they can be killed, too. Otherwise, they will turn out to be outright traitors.” - Ann Coulter
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