Legal Opinion
Michael B. Ross, by His Next Friend, Donna Dunham v. Theresa Lantz, Commissioner of Corrections
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 16, 2005No. 05-8902PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Michael B. Ross is scheduled to be executed by the State of Connecticut at 2:01 a.m. on Friday, May 13, 2005, having declined to pursue further any available state or federal avenues of collateral review of his convictions or death sentences. Mr. Ross’s sister, Donna Dunham, purporting to be his “next friend,” seeks a stay of Mr. Ross’s execution. We summarize briefly the procedural history of this matter.
Michael Ross was sentenced to death in 1987 after being convicted of six counts of capital felony. State v. Ross, 237 Conn. 332, 334, 677 A.2d 433 (1996). Subsequent legal proceedings…
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