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Fifth Circuit Orders Evidentiary Hearing in John Balentine Case

By Steve Hall

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The AP filing by Michael Graczyk is, "Condemned killer wins hearing in triple slaying," via the Austin American-Statesman.A Texas prisoner who came within a day of execution last year for a triple slaying in Amarillo has won a court hearing to determine if his trial lawyers' poor performance unfairly contributed to his death sentence.Convicted killer John Balentine is entitled to an evidentiary hearing after his appeals lawyer argued trial attorneys failed to develop mitigating evidence to show a jury Balentine's childhood of poverty, domestic violence and abuse, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled.Balentine, 41, was condemned for the 1998 slayings of Mark Caylor Jr., 17, and 15-year-olds Kai Brooke Geyer and Steven Watson...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 22, 2010 (boomark / email).

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