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  • Attorney [Leslie Ribnik] Criticized For Duplicate Death Row Appeals - serial killer Resendiz

    02/27/2006 11:05:08 AM PST · by Former Military Chick · 12 replies · 293+ views
    KWTX ^ | Feb. 26, 2006 | KWTX
    (Feb. 26, 2006)--The court-appointed attorney who handled the death penalty appeal of condemned serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz is being criticized for filing a nearly identical appeal for another death row inmate. The Austin American-Statesman reported Sunday that Houston lawyer Leslie Ribnik wrote the virtually identical appeals for Maturino Resendiz and another condemned prisoner, Robert Gene Will. Except for different names, the first 20 pages of both appeals are identical, including the same capitalization error on page 17. The briefs, which center mostly on a single technical challenge to instructions given to Texas death-penalty juries, also give incorrect conviction dates...