The Crime

On New Year`s Ever 1995, as people all across Houston celebrated the coming of a new year, a tragic crime was being committed.

At approximately 2:30 in the morning a man in the front pasanger seat of a DARK-colored 4-door car fired 8 shots from a AK-47 semiautomatic rifle into a crowd of young people outside a house in SouthWest Houston. Two people, 9-year old David Rodriguez and his 15year old sister Diana Rodriquez were both fatally shot, while a third young lady was seriously wounded.

Trial begins – July 24, 1996
Found Guilty – July 29, 1996
Sentenced to death – August 1, 1996
Arrived on death row – September 13, 1996

Jury Selection for Tony (Anthony) Medina`s trial began on July 15, 1996. Nine days later, despite the fact that defense attorneys were unprepared and had not conducted even a basic investigation into their clients case, the trial began. It was July 24, 1996.