A judge has delayed next week’s scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago.
A judge has delayed next week's scheduled execution of a man convicted of killing three teenagers while they slept in a Texas Panhandle home more than 25 years ago.
John Balentine, 54, had been set to receive a lethal injection at the state prison in Huntsville on Feb. 8. He was condemned for the January 1998 shooting deaths of Edward Mark Caylor, 17, Kai Brooke Geyer, 15, and Steven Watson, also 15, at a home in Amarillo. Caylor was the brother of Balentine's former girlfriend and prosecutors said the shootings were the result of a feud between Caylor and Balentine.
On Tuesday, state District Judge Steven Denny in Potter County withdrew Balentine's execution date and warrant because the inmate's attorneys had not been properly notified of the execution date and warrant outlining the lethal injection. Such notification is required under state law. On Wednesday, Denny rejected a request by prosecutors to reconsider his order. The judge asked prosecutors to reset the execution as soon as practical with proper notice to Balentine's attorneys.
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