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Texas man on death row for decapitating 3 kids loses appeal
May 23, 2018
"HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected an appeal Wednesday from a 37-year-old Rio Grande Valley man on death row for stabbing and beheading his common-law wife's three children 15 years ago.
John Allen Rubio's appeals lawyer argued unsuccessfully that Rubio's attorneys at his 2010 trial in Cameron County were deficient, that the trial court failed to sufficiently pay for his appellate investigation of the case and that the Texas death penalty sentencing procedure was unconstitutional....
Rubio was convicted twice of the March 11, 2003, slayings of 3-year-old Julissa Quesada, 14-month-old John E. Rubio and 2-month-old Mary Jane Rubio in a squalid Brownsville apartment. The appeals court in 2007 overturned his first conviction, ruling that statements from the children's mother, Angela Camacho, were wrongly allowed as evidence during the first trial. Camacho pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence for her role in the slayings.
Records show Rubio's brother and his girlfriend stopped by the apartment, spotted the slain infant, ran outside screaming and flagged down a police officer. The officer testified that after he saw decapitated body of a child in a back bedroom, Rubio held his wrists out and said, "arrest me."
At his second trial, Rubio pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, a defense rejected by a jury...."
Texas man on death row for decapitating 3 kids loses appeal
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John Allen Rubio initiates appeals process
June 7, 2018
"A Brownsville man convicted and sentenced to death for decapitating his three young children has initiated the federal appeals process.
On Wednesday afternoon, attorneys who want to represent John Allen Rubio, 37, filed a motion for expedited appointment of counsel, which triggers his right for federal habeas corpus proceedings....
Rubio, who was initially convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2003, was retried in 2010 after an appeals court reversed that conviction and sentence. He was again convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On May 23, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Rubio’s appeal.
On March 11, 2003, Rubio stabbed and decapitated 3-year-old Julissa Quesada, 14-month-old John E. Rubio and 2-month-old Mary Jane Rubio in the run-down apartment he shared with his common-law wife Angela Camacho, 38, on the corner of 8th and Tyler streets, just down the street from the federal courthouse in Brownsville.
Camacho is serving a life sentence for her role in the brutal slayings...."
John Allen Rubio initiates appeals process
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(Julissa Quezada, 3 ; John Esthefan Rubio, 1 ; Mary Jane Rubio, 2 months)
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May 23, 2018
"HOUSTON (AP) — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals rejected an appeal Wednesday from a 37-year-old Rio Grande Valley man on death row for stabbing and beheading his common-law wife's three children 15 years ago.
John Allen Rubio's appeals lawyer argued unsuccessfully that Rubio's attorneys at his 2010 trial in Cameron County were deficient, that the trial court failed to sufficiently pay for his appellate investigation of the case and that the Texas death penalty sentencing procedure was unconstitutional....
Rubio was convicted twice of the March 11, 2003, slayings of 3-year-old Julissa Quesada, 14-month-old John E. Rubio and 2-month-old Mary Jane Rubio in a squalid Brownsville apartment. The appeals court in 2007 overturned his first conviction, ruling that statements from the children's mother, Angela Camacho, were wrongly allowed as evidence during the first trial. Camacho pleaded guilty and is serving a life sentence for her role in the slayings.
Records show Rubio's brother and his girlfriend stopped by the apartment, spotted the slain infant, ran outside screaming and flagged down a police officer. The officer testified that after he saw decapitated body of a child in a back bedroom, Rubio held his wrists out and said, "arrest me."
At his second trial, Rubio pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, a defense rejected by a jury...."
Texas man on death row for decapitating 3 kids loses appeal
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John Allen Rubio initiates appeals process
June 7, 2018
"A Brownsville man convicted and sentenced to death for decapitating his three young children has initiated the federal appeals process.
On Wednesday afternoon, attorneys who want to represent John Allen Rubio, 37, filed a motion for expedited appointment of counsel, which triggers his right for federal habeas corpus proceedings....
Rubio, who was initially convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death in 2003, was retried in 2010 after an appeals court reversed that conviction and sentence. He was again convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. On May 23, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied Rubio’s appeal.
On March 11, 2003, Rubio stabbed and decapitated 3-year-old Julissa Quesada, 14-month-old John E. Rubio and 2-month-old Mary Jane Rubio in the run-down apartment he shared with his common-law wife Angela Camacho, 38, on the corner of 8th and Tyler streets, just down the street from the federal courthouse in Brownsville.
Camacho is serving a life sentence for her role in the brutal slayings...."
John Allen Rubio initiates appeals process
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(Julissa Quezada, 3 ; John Esthefan Rubio, 1 ; Mary Jane Rubio, 2 months)
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