The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals has turned down an appeal by a 28-year-old Kendleton man trying to overturn a conviction for a 2005 Richmond-area crime spree.
Precious Lamont Howard was sentenced to 60 years in prison by 268th District Judge Brady Elliott in May 2007, after a Fort Bend County jury convicted him on two charges of burglary with intent to commit sexual assault and one count of burglary with intent to commit assault.
Howard was convicted of committing three home invasions on May 10, 2005, at Richmond House Apartments. Evidence presented at his trial showed he broke into two downstairs apartments and sexually assaulted a woman in each of them.
Then, according to evidence, Howard kicked in the door of a woman living in a third apartment, on the second floor of the complex. But he was confronted by the woman’s father, a local law enforcement officer, who shot him.
Testimony showed Howard tested positive for cocaine, Ecstasy and PCP at the time of the incident.
Howard lost an appeal attempt before the Texas Fist Court of Appeals in Houston, which found no error in his trial and affirmed the jury’s verdicts and Judge Elliott’s sentence.
Last week, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals did the same.
According to information from the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Howard’s prison sentence now is final and his right to direct appeal is exhausted.
This animal actually thought he was going to get a new trial??
According to information from the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office, Howard’s prison sentence now is final and his right to direct appeal is exhausted
GOOD!