Court upholds Allen death sentence
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals today upheld the death sentence given to Guy Allen, convicted in 2004 of killing his former girlfriend and her daughter in Northeast Austin.
The brief, unanimous ruling gave no reasons for denying Allen’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, noting only that the district judge had held a hearing on the petition and recommended that relief be denied.
The court had already upheld Allen’s conviction on a separate appeal.
Barbara Hill and her 19-year-old daughter, Janette Johnson, were stabbed to death in 2002. Hill had thrown Allen out of her house the night before, but he returned early the next morning, court testimony showed.
In a frantic 911 call, Johnson begged police to help her mother, who she said was being repeatedly hit.
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