On this date, 23 May 2001, Samuel Smith was
executed by lethal injection in Missouri for the murder of his cellmate, Marlin
May. I got the information from clarkprosecutor.org.
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Samuel D. Smith
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January 15, 1987 at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Housing Unit 5 a group
of inmates armed with knives attacked inmate Demetrius Hemdon. Inmate Samuel
Smith yelled at the attackers in an attempt to intervene, but one of the group,
inmate Marlin Mays, turned toward Smith and threatened him. Smith and Mays then
engaged in a fight of their own. During the altercation Smith stabbed Mays
numerous times in spite of the efforts of correctional officers to stop the
fight. The two finally separated when an officer sprayed them with chemical
mace. The correctional officers were able to pull Mays to safety and found that
he had been stabbed 19 times in the head, chest, back, and arm. Smith ran
upstairs to the housing unit where he was disarmed and detained. Mays died at
the scene as a result of piercing injuries to the heart and lungs.
Samuel
D. Smith was born on June 12, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri. On August 14, 1979
Smith was sentenced to two concurrent twelve year terms in St. Louis City
Circuit Court for Murder Second Degree and Burglary First Degree and, a
consecutive two year term for Escaping Custody Prior to a Conviction. On August
19, 1988 Smith was sentenced to death in Callaway County on a change of venue
from Cole County for Murder First Degree.
1987
1/15 -Samuel Smith an inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center murdered fellow inmate Marlin May.
10/8 -Smith was charged by indictment in the Circuit Court of Cole County with Capital Murder.
1988
7/19-21 -Smith was brought to trial before a jury on a change of venue to Callaway County. He is found guilty of Capital Murder. The jury recommends a sentence of death.
8/19 -Smith was sentenced to death.
1989
1/6 -Smith filed a motion for post-conviction relief.
12/12 -The Missouri State Supreme Court affirmed Smith's conviction and sentence. 12/26 -The Circuit Court denied Smith's motion for post-conviction relief.
1990
4/30 -The U. S. Supreme Court granted a petition of certiorari and returned Smith's case to the Missouri Supreme Court for review of an instructional issue.
6/19 -The Missouri Supreme Court reaffirmed Smith's conviction and sentence following the remand.
10/16 -The Missouri Supreme Court reaffirmed the Circuit Court's judgment denying Smith's request for post-conviction relief.
11/13 -The U. S. Supreme Court denied Smith's petition challenging the Missouri Supreme Court's decision affirming the conviction and sentence.
1991
5/13 -The U. S. Supreme Court denied Smith's petition challenging the Missouri Supreme Court's decision affirming the denial of post-conviction relief.
5/24 -Smith filed a writ of habeas corpus in the Missouri Supreme Court.
5/28 -The Missouri Supreme Court denied Smith's habeas corpus petition.
5/28 -Smith filed a federal petition for writ of habeas corpus in the U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
1993
4/15 -Smith filed a second motion for post-conviction relief in the Callaway County Circuit Court.
7/19 -The Circuit Court denied Smith's motion for post-conviction relief.
1994
11/22 -The Missouri Supreme Court reaffirmed the Circuit Court's judgment denying Smith's request for post-conviction relief.
1995
5/15 -The U. S. Supreme Court denied Smith's petition seeking review of the Missouri Supreme Court's decision affirming the denial for post-conviction relief.
1997
8/27 -Smith filed his third motion for post-conviction relief in the Circuit Court of Callaway County.
1998
3/36 -The U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri denied Smith's federal habeas corpus petition.
6//11 -The federal district court denied Smith's motion to alter or amend its judgment.
8/02 -The federal district court denied Smith's application for a certificate of appealability.
9/18 -The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Smith's application for a certificate of appealability.
11/13 -The Circuit Court denied Smith's third motion for post-conviction relief.
1999
6/7 -The U. S. Supreme Court denied Smith's petition seeking a review of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals' decision.
11/19 -The Circuit Court denied Smith's third motion for post-conviction relief.
2000
6/13 -The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the Circuit Court's decision denying Smith's motion for post-conviction relief.
2001
2/26 -The U. S. Supreme Court denied Smith's petition requesting review of the Missouri Supreme Court's decision regarding his third motion for post conviction relief.
4/26 -The Missouri Supreme Court set Smith's execution for May 23,2001.
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