Posted on 09/25/2007 4:27:30 PM PDT by Dubya
Death sentence appeal rejected
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a 28-year-old Honduran man who is scheduled to be executed next week for the 2001 robbery and fatal shooting of a south Arlington clothing store manager.
Heliberto Chi was sentenced to die Oct. 3 by lethal injection for robbing and killing Armand Paliotta, 56, at the K&G Men's Superstore in southwest Arlington.
The nation's highest court rejected claims by Chi’s court-appointed attorney, Wes Ball, that Chi was not allowed to contact his country's consular as prescribed by the Vienna Convention on Consular Rights. That 1963 treaty was meant to allow foreigners who are arrested the right to speak with their consulates.
"Nobody told Mr. Chi he had a right to a consular official, and it was never brought to his attention," Ball said.
Chi's appeals through the state and federal courts have been rejected. Death Row inmates often submit last-minute appeals despite earlier rulings by the courts.
Ball has also requested a 30-day reprieve from Gov. Rick Perry and asked that the governor commute the sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has made no recommendation on Chi’s case to Perry.
During his trial, Chi's attorneys claimed that he was questioned by deputies in Los Angeles without access to the Honduran consulate. But a Tarrant County state district court judge ruled that statements Chi made to police were admissible in court.
Chi was a former employee at the Arlington clothing store. Witnesses testified that he entered the store after it closed at 9 p.m., robbed the store and shot Paliotta in the back. Employee Adrian Riojas was also shot in the back but survived and testified that Chi was the shooter.
Chi has rejected several requests for an interview by the Star-Telegram.
28-year-old Honduran man
Don’t know. Don’t care.
Don’t think he’s going to be a problem or issue much longer, as soon as Old Spiky gets done with him. Next!
Should also mention - idiot doesn’t realize that Perry *can’t* commute the sentence unless the board recommends it.
Finally, I’d like to point out that this guy committed murder in Texas in 2001, and we’re executing him in 2007. Six years - beat that, all you other states.
Juice this invader. He killed.....he dies. Simple math.
Bye, bye Heliberto!
Nitrogen Asphyxiation - the cleanest, cheapest, painless, most litigation free form of execution.
Way to go Texas!
Yeee Hawwww!!!!!!!
Man I love it down here.
Will this apply to Mexican illegals who rape and murder, also?
Absolutely. And Mexico doesn't have a death penalty (they have enough citizens killing each other, they don't need it) and usually intervenes and gets it knocked out of the picture.
Any arrest of a Mexican requires contacting their consulate within hours, as I recall.
http://www.freelists.org/archives/ql06/01-2004/msg00008.html
He is one of 52 Mexican citizens in eight states whose convictions and death sentences are being challenged by Mexico in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Mexico says the United States violated a treaty guaranteeing that foreigners arrested in this country have access to representatives of their government.[snip]
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/07/26/news/top_stories/20_02_227_25_05.txt
Absolutely. And Mexico doesn't have a death penalty (they have enough citizens killing each other, they don't need it) and usually intervenes and gets it knocked out of the picture.
Any arrest of a Mexican requires contacting their consulate within hours, as I recall.
http://www.freelists.org/archives/ql06/01-2004/msg00008.html
He is one of 52 Mexican citizens in eight states whose convictions and death sentences are being challenged by Mexico in the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Mexico says the United States violated a treaty guaranteeing that foreigners arrested in this country have access to representatives of their government.[snip]
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/07/26/news/top_stories/20_02_227_25_05.txt
“Absolutely.”
Good. Lot’s of problems in the Denver area with illegal criminal types. I might try going to the consulate and see if I can get a matricula ID card. Wonder if non-spanish speakers can get one?
Hehe, there’s that pesky needle, again! Making things difficult for murdering scumbags.
I know several people who have them, a couple radio hosts. Terry Anderson says he got one. You don't even have to go to the consulate. There are 'welcome wagons' that put on fairs in Oregon to hand them out.
I don’t plan on using my real name. A little photoshop on a utility bill and a library card and voila, Jose Dynachrome lives!
Unfortunately they don’t “ride the lightning” anymore; they get “the juice”.
I bet you have some stories about your first few months in Texas. Welcome!
I said “Sharpy” not “Sparky”.
Besides, these days, electricity is at a premium. Who wants to waste it on trash like that???
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