![]() The Defendant has entered a plea of 'not guilty'. CR 14024 § § § CHARGE OF THE COURT ORIGINAL IN THE DISTRICT COURT 2661 H JUDICIAL DISTRICT ERATH COUNTY, TEXAS The defendant, Eddie Ray Routh, is accused of Capital Murder. Powledge Unit, a medium-security prison in Palestine, about 100 miles southeast of Dallas. EDDIE RAV ROUTH MEMBERS OF THE JURY: CAUSE NO. ![]() John did not respond to a request for comment Thursday. “I am not in a position to continue the appellate process without being compensated, so if you would like to retain me to continue the appellate process, please have someone contact my office as soon as possible.” John said in a certified letter to Routh on the day his appeal was denied. “As your court-appointed attorney, my representation ends with the filing of the Motion for Rehearing and I am not obligated to prepare the PDR ,” St. 25, 201501:09 Kyles widow, Taya Kyle, was not present when the jury read its verdict. ![]() John told Routh after the appeals court ruling in March that he would no longer represent him after filing the motion for rehearing. Routh, a Marine veteran, guilty of murdering Chris Kyle and a friend of Mr. Routh can file a petition for discretionary review to the Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin, which has discretion to accept the case for review or let the Eastland court ruling stand. Eddie Ray Routh, center, in court on Tuesday. It also rejected Routh’s two other arguments on appeal, involving statements he made to a Texas Ranger immediately after the murders that he wanted suppressed, and claims that a mistrial should have been declared during his 10-day trial. STEPHENVILLE, Texas - A Texas jury has rejected the insanity defense of a former Marine in the deaths. John, told the court’s three-judge panel at a June hearing that jurors “made the legally incorrect decision” when they found Routh guilty.īut the appeals court concluded in a 46-page ruling that “there is more than a scintilla of evidence to support the jury’s rejection of appellant’s insanity defense.” Eddie Ray Routh, center, enters the court for his capital. Routh was sentenced to life in prison without parole, but continued to claim on appeal that he was insane at the time of the murders. to accept the case for review or let the Eastland court ruling stand. Kyle is the subject of the 2014 hit movie “American Sniper,” based on his 2012 autobiography of the same name. Texas 11th Court of Appeals upheld Eddie Ray Rouths double murder conviction on. Kyle and Littlefield were shot a total of 13 times, with two pistols, as they had their backs toward Routh, according to trial testimony. The two friends had taken Routh on what was described at trial as a therapeutic outing to a North Texas gun range before the day turned deadly. 25, 2015 of murdering Kyle and his friend Chad Littlefield. On Thursday, the appeals court denied the motion.Ī jury convicted Routh on Feb. Routh’s attorney asked the court a week later to reconsider its decision that the 29-year-old convicted of killing the most lethal sniper in U.S. Texas 11 th Court of Appeals upheld Eddie Ray Routh’s double murder conviction on March 31, rejecting his insanity defense and claims of trial errors. EASTLAND, Texas (CN) – The ex-Marine convicted of murdering “American Sniper” Chris Kyle and a friend in 2013 lost another legal challenge Thursday when a Texas appeals court rejected his request for a rehearing. ![]()
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