Texas Department of Criminal Justice Brad Livingston Executive Director

October 12, 2015 The Honorable Chris Daniel Harris County District Clerk Caroline, Suite 420 Houston, Texas 77002 W 15 2£15 RE: JUAN MARTIN GARCIA, TDCJ #999360 Dear District Clerk:

Enclosed is the Return of the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division, of the Death Warrant pertaining to JUAN MARTIN GARCIA, issued in the District Court of Harris County, Texas 185th District Court, on May 19, 2015, which was carried out on October 6, 2015. Also enclosed is the Certificate with the director's statement of compliance with the command of the warrant. The certificate also indicates the disposition of the remains as required by Article 43.23 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Sincerely,

CarlaM. Willis Deputy General Counsel OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL

cc: The Honorable Gregg Abbott, Governor The Honorable Ken Paxton, Attorney General Louise Pearson, Clerk, Court of Criminal Appeals Kelly Enloe, Chairman, Classification & Records, TDCJ

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Office of the General Counsel Sharon Felfe Howell, General Counsel - [email protected] P.O. Box 13084 Capitol Station P.O. Box 4004 Austin, Texas 78711-3084 Huntsville, Texas 77342-4004 RETURN OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Came to hand, the 21st day ofJune, 2000 and executed the 6th day of October, 2015 by the death of JUAN MARTIN GARCIA

DISPOSITION OF BODY:

DATE: ftcJbOJL MJ^/n, 2D iS TIME: IniaU.pm

O^M William Stephens, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that the Death Warrant in the case of The State of Texas vs. JUANMARTIN GARCIA issued in the 185th District Court of Harris County, Texas, on May 19, 2015 and was executed according to the laws of the State of Texas on October 6, 2015. The death of JUAN MARTIN GARCIA was caused by intravenous injection oflethal substancesat the HuntsvilleUnit of the Texas Department ofCriminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division atk^Ca p.m.on October 6, 2015. The body of the deceased was given into the custody of Carnes Funeral Home agent for therequesting relative. This Certificate and Return ofWarrant (enclosed) isincompliance with Article 43.23 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

William Stephens, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO BEFORE ME this the 6th day of October 2015. /§&••• % CONNIE E. : '*' A \o\ WEIGH jtf/J Notary Public. State of Texas * r\ " 0 , ft £ofi# yCon;":i"r„Exp,res • u>rvru *_, o- jLQjutch Notary withoU, Bond *** * NOTARY PUBLIC, Walker County, Texas

My Commission expires: \ { -QU-XQll CAUSE NO. 797602

STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE 185TH DISTRICT COURT V. § OF JUAN MARTIN GARCIA § HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS EXECUTION ORDER

This Court, having received the Mandate from the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the Defendant's conviction in the above styled and numbered cause and having received notice that the Court of Criminal Appeals has denied habeas relief in the defendant's initial petition for writ of habeas corpus, cause no. 797602-A, now enters the following order: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendant, JUAN MARTIN GARCIA, who has been adjudged to be guilty of Capital Murder as charged in the indictment and whose punishment has been assessed at Death by the verdict of the jury and judgment of the Court, shall be kept in custody by the Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at Huntsville, Texas, until Tuesday, the 6th day of October, 2015, upon which day, at the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at Huntsville, Texas, at some time after the hour of 6:00 p.m., in a room arranged for the purpose of execution, the said Director, acting by and through the executioner designated by said Director as provided by law, is hereby commanded, ordered and directed to carry but this sentence of death by intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause the death of the said JUAN MARTIN GARCIA and until the saidJUAN MARTIN GARCIA is dead, such procedure to be determined and supervised by the said Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

The Clerk of this Court shall issue and deliver to the Sheriff of Harris County, Texas, a Death Warrant in accordance with this Order, directed to the Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at Huntsville, Texas, commanding him, the said Director, to put into execution the Judgment of Death against the said JUAN MARTIN GARCIA. The Sheriff of Harris County, Texas is hereby Ordered, upon receipt of said Death Warrant, to deliver said Death Warrant to the Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.

SIGNED AND ENTERED this 19th day ofMay, 2015.

A &JU3V^\ SUSAN BROWN' Presiding Judge 185th District Court Harris County, Texas CAUSE NO. 797602

DEATH WARRANT

STATE OF TEXAS IN THE 185TH DISTRICT COURT

V. OF

JUAN MARTIN GARCIA HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TO THE SHERIFF OF HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS: On the 17th day of February, 2000, the above-named defendant, in the above-styled and numbered cause, was convicted of the offense of capital murder. On the 25th day of February, 2000, the Court sentenced the above-named defendant to death in accordance with the findings of the jury, pursuant to the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

The Court, having received the Court of Criminal Appeals' mandate affirming the above-named defendant's conviction for capital murder and having received notice of the Court of Criminal Appeals' denial of the defendant's initial application for writ of habeas corpus, if such application was timely filed, sentenced the above-named defendant to death for the offense of capital murder and ORDERS that the execution be had on Tuesday, the 6th day of October, 2015, at any time after the hour of 6:00 p.m., at the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at Huntsville, Texas.

The Sheriff of Harris County, Texas, is hereby commanded to transport the defendant to the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice and deliver the defendant, if not already in the custody of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and this warrant to the Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the purpose of executing this warrant, and to take from the Director the proper receipt for the defendant, if not already in the custody of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the sheriff will return the receipt to the office of the District Clerk of Harris County, Texas.

The Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is hereby commanded to receive from the Sheriff the defendant and this warrant, and to give his receipt to the Sheriff, and to safely keep the defendant and to execute the sentence of death at any time after the hour of 6:00 p.m., on the day and date specified in paragraph two of this warrant, by causing a substance or substances in a lethal quantity to be intravenously injected into the body of the defendant sufficient to cause death, and the injection of the substance or substances into the body of the defendant to continue until the defendant is deceased, obeying all laws of the State of Texas with reference to such execution.

Witness my hand and seal of the the 185th 185th EJistrict District Court C of Harris County, Texas, at Houston, Texas, on the |H™ day of Xl <&*H ,2015.

CHRIS DANIEL, DISTRKj HARRIS COUNTY, TEX^