Torres v. Jeffreys

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA MARCO E. TORRES, JR., Petitioner, 4:17CV3078 v. MEMORANDUM ROB JEFFREYS, AND ORDER Respondent. On August 27, 2009, a Nebraska jury found petitioner Marco E. Torres (“Torres”) guilty of two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Edward Hall (“Hall”) and Tim Donahue (“Donahue”) in Hall’s home in Grand Island, Nebraska. See State v. Torres, 812 N.W.2d 213, 224, 227 (Neb. 2012). Hall was bound with an extension cord, gagged, suffocated, and shot in the head three times. See

id. at 225. Donahue was shot in the head and chest…