Texas Department of Criminal Justice Brad Livingston Executive Director

October 19,2015 The Honorable Felicia Pitre Dallas County District Clerk Commerce St. Ste. # 103 Dallas, Texas 75202

RE: LICHO ESCAMILLA, TDCJ #999432 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 LICHO ESCAMILLA, issued in the 203rd Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas, on July2, 2015, which was carried out on October 14, 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 RECEIVED IN The Honorable Ken Paxton, Attorney General COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS Louise Pearson, Clerk, Court of Criminal Appeals Kelly Enloe, Chairman, Classification &Records, TDCJ qpt £3 2015 cw/cf Abe! Acosta. Clerk Attach

Ourmission is to provide public safety, promotepositive change in offender behavior, reintegrate offenders into society, and assist victims ofcrime.

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 CERTIFICATE

I hereby certify that the Death Warrant in the case of The State ofTexas vs. LICHO ESCAMILLA issued in the 203rd JudicialDistrictCourt ofDallas County,Texas on July 2,2015 and was executed according to the laws of the State of Texas on October 14, 2015. The death of LICHO ESCAMILLA was caused by intravenous injection oflethal substances at the Huntsville Unit ofthe Texas Department ofCriminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division at (p *<-> » pmon October 14,2015. The body of the deceased was given into the custody of Carnes Funeral Home agent for the requesting relative. This Certificate and Return ofWarrant (enclosed)is in compliance with Article 43.23 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

sste -« COOKIE A. RLHART William Stephens, Director NOTARY PUBLIC, STATEOFTEXAS MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JANUARY 3,2016 Texas Department of Criminal Justice Notary without Bond Correctional Institutions Division

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORNTO BEFORE ME this the 14th day of October2015.

Q p^wa.^si^a?k NOTARY PUBLIC, Walker County, Texas

My Commission expires: VS-c^Aij RETURN OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Came to hand, the 1st day of November, 2002 and executed the 14th day of October, 2015 by the death of LICHO ESCAMILLA.

DISPOSITION OF BODY:

DATE: OOj^Ltf/rl^lOlS TIME: \0 \ 3l (W^ f

William Stephens, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division CAUSE NO. F01-59398-P

THE STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE 203rd JUDICIAL § VS. § DISTRICT COURT § LICHO ESCAMILLA § DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS

ORDER SETTING EXECUTION DATE

The Court has reviewed the State's Motion to Set Execution Date and finds that the

motion should be granted; and whereas The Defendant, Licho Escamilla, was previously sentenced to death by the Court in the presence of his attorneys; and There being no stays of execution in effect in this case, it is the duty of this Court to set an execution date in the above numbered and styled cause, and the Court now enters the following ORDER: IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendant, Licho Escamilla, who has been adjudged to be guilty of capital murder as charged in the indictment and whose punishment has been assessed by the verdict ofthe jury andjudgment ofthe Court at Death, shall be kept in custody by the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, until the 14th day of October, 2015, upon which day, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, at some time after the hour of six o'clock p.m., in a

ORDER SETTING EXECUTION DATE Escamilla/ose Duplicate Original 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 out this sentence of death by intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause the death of the said Licho Escamilla until the said Licho Escamilla is dead. Such procedure shall be determined and supervised by the said Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division.

The Clerk ofthis Court shall issue and deliver to the Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas, a Death Warrant in accordance with this Order, directed to the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, at Huntsville, Texas, commanding him, the said Director, to put into execution the Judgment of Death against the said Licho Escamilla.

The Sheriff of Dallas County, Texas is hereby ordered, upon receipt of said Death Warrant, to deliver said Warrant to the Director of the Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Huntsville, Texas.

SIGNED this /Q day ofJune, 2015.

"HORNE, JUDGE 203rd JUDICIALu DISTRICT DISTRICT COURT DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS

ORDER SETTING EXECUTION DATE Escamilla/ose Duplicate Original THE STATE OF TEXAS § § COUNTY OF DALLAS §

WARRANT OF EXECUTION

TO THE HONORABLE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS - GREETINGS: WHEREAS, there waspresented into Courtanindictment charging Licho Escamilla withthe offense of capital murder; and WHEREAS, in the 203rd Judicial District Court ofDallas County, Texas, Licho Escamilla was duly and legally convicted by a jury of the crime of capital murder upon said indictment and sentenced to death; andtheCourt having pronounced sentence in thepresence of the defendant and his attorneys, as fully appears inthe Judgment and Sentence ofsaid Court entered upon the Minutes of the said Court, as follows, to-wit;

JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE ATTACHED

WARRANT OF EXECUTION Escamilla.wex You are hereby commanded to carry into execution the order of execution herein in accordance with this Warrant for the execution of the sentence of death, and in accordance with the Judgment and Sentence of thissaidCourt, shown herein, which I certify to betrueandcorrect copies of the original Judgment and Sentence, Mandate, and Order Setting Execution Date now on file on my office and entered on the Minutes of said Court.

HEREIN FAIL NOT, but due return make ofthis Warrant showing how you have executed the same.

Given under my hand and,seal ofthe 203rd Judicial District Court ofDallas County, Texas, on this {? day of JariOOlS.

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