GUILTY TX - Summer Baldwin, 29, raped & murdered, Lubbock, 13 Sept 2005

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Lubbock`s accused "suitcase killer" could soon be looking for a new attorney. The attorney for Rosendo Rodriguez III, Albert Rodriguez, has filed ro remove himself from the case.

Rodriguez volunteered in September to represent his familiy friend, but now says Rosendo`s family has stopped paying him.

Rosendo Rodriguez III is accused of killing Summer Baldwin and stuffing her body in a suitcase. He is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of Joanna Rogers.

A hearing on the attorney issue is scheduled for Thursday in the Lubbock County Courthouse. Extra sheriff`s deputies have been requested to be in court

http://www.kamc28.com/news/default.asp?mode=shownews&id=1391
 
I wonder if the family thought the attorney was going to do the trial pro bono beings he volunteered to defend the killer? I guess he did say that they stopped paying him but it makes me wonder.

Is this killer being charged with the murder of the baby too? If he isn't...why not? Anyone know?
 
Bobbisangel said:
I wonder if the family thought the attorney was going to do the trial pro bono beings he volunteered to defend the killer? I guess he did say that they stopped paying him but it makes me wonder.

Is this killer being charged with the murder of the baby too? If he isn't...why not? Anyone know?
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yes, he is also charged with murdering the baby. He is also the prime suspect in Joanna Rogers dissapearance at this point.
 
Thanks for posting an update on this! Isn't he the guy who was caught on video at Wal Mart buying the suitcase that he put Summer Baldwin in?
 
SimonSays said:
Thanks for posting an update on this! Isn't he the guy who was caught on video at Wal Mart buying the suitcase that he put Summer Baldwin in?
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Yes, he is, the dumpster that he put her in was 2 blocks from the Jr High that my oldest attends.:eek:
 
txsvicki said:
Rodriquez, who murdered pregnant Summer Baldwin then confessed to murdering Joanna Rogers to avoid death will not get the death penalty after not complying with the plea agreement. He now refuses to plead guilty. Good.

http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/101806/upd_4402193.shtml
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Do you mean that he "will now get the death penalty?" The title says he will get the death penalty but the article says he will not get the death penalty.

I can't get into the article. Can you please post most of it?
 
Bobbisangel said:
Do you mean that he "will now get the death penalty?" The title says he will get the death penalty but the article says he will not get the death penalty.

I can't get into the article. Can you please post most of it?
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Prosecutors withdrew an agreement with Rosendo Rodriguez on Wednesday morning and filed notice with the court that they would seek the death penalty.


Rodriguez, 26, is charged with capital murder in connection with the 2005 beating death of Summer Baldwin. He is also suspected in the disappearance of Lubbock teen Joanna Rogers, who vanished from her home in May of 2004.

Attorneys had hammered out an agreement months ago with Rodriguez where he admitted to killing Rogers and Baldwin, and would plead to a lesser charge of murder in exchange for a life sentence. That agreement was supposed to be finalized Wednesday

The rest of the article goes on about Rodriguez withdrawing his guilty plea agreement because he didn't understand the proceedings. Sounds like he got scared at the last minute :chicken:
 
Since Joanna was found yesterday I hope they also seek the death penalty against him for her. How many more women has he murdered?
 
Rosendo Rodriguez Guilty on Two Counts Of Capital Murder

Rosendo Rodriguez is guilty of two counts of capital murder. NewsChannel 11 was in the courtroom Friday when a jury of his peers said, yes, Rosendo Rodriguez did rape and murder Summer Baldwin and her unborn baby.
Since he's been found guilty, Rodriguez could face the death penalty. Rosendo Rodriguez was emotionless every day this week and even on Friday, when the verdict was read by the judge, Rodriguez remained stoic.
http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=8087295&nav=menu69_2_9
 
Jodieo, thank you for posting the results of the trial:). May Summer and hew dear unborn baby rest in peace.

May Rodriguez suffer for the rest of his putrid life, and may he then suffer in Hell.

Lion
 
Thank you for the update on this case. And God Bless Texas. They have been busy, haven't they.......

Salem
 
Appeal rejected for man convicted of killing pregnant Lubbock woman

December 5, 2011 - 2:19pm

HOUSTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused the appeal of a San Antonio man condemned for the 2005 slaying of a pregnant Lubbock woman whose body was stuffed inside a piece of luggage found at the Lubbock city landfill.

more at link .................http://amarillo.com/news/local-news...-man-convicted-killing-pregnant-lubbock-woman
 
Man condemned for killing Lubbock woman loses federal appeal (with clip)

Thursday, May 25th 2017
"...The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling moves 37-year-old Rosendo Rodriguez one step closer to execution for the fatal beating and choking of 29-year-old Summer Baldwin. She's identified in court documents as a pregnant drug-addicted prostitute...

His appeal argued he had deficient legal help at his trial and that his confession was improperly obtained."

http://www.kcbd.com/story/35517546/man-condemned-for-killing-lubbock-woman-loses-federal-appeal
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4 Texas death row inmates lose Supreme Court appeals

"...Rodriguez was convicted of the 2005 beating and choking death of 29-year-old Summer Baldwin, who was five weeks pregnant. Her body was stuffed inside a piece of luggage found at the city landfill in Lubbock, where she lived and where Rodriguez was training as a Marine reservist.

Court records show Rodriguez was linked to at least five other sexual assaults and to the disappearance of 16-year-old Joanna Rogers, who had been missing more than a year. He confessed to killing the teenager, whose body was also found in a suitcase in the Lubbock landfill...."

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/10/30/4-texas-death-row-inmates-lose-appeals-at-us-supreme-court/

joanna-and-summer.jpg

Link: https://mylifeofcrime.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/joanna-and-summer.jpg?w=300&h=204

(Joanna Kathryn Rogers, 16 [5/4/2004] Summer Lee Baldwin, 29 [9/13/2005]..)
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Judge Denies Request to Stop Execution of Rodriguez, More Legal Wrangling Follows

http://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/judge-denies-request-to-stop-execution-of-rodriguez-more-legal-wrangling-follows/1045577998

State District Judge Jim Bob Darnell on March 6 denied a motion for stay of execution. The defense team argued that prosecutors violated the so-called Brady rule by not telling the defense about a lawsuit against Lubbock County Medical Examiner Sridhar Natarajan.

The execution date is March 27, 2018.
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