Robert Lee Massie | |
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| Born | December 24, 1941 Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | March 27, 2001 (aged 59) |
| Cause of death | Execution by lethal injection |
| Conviction(s) | First degree murder with special circumstances First degree murder |
| Criminal penalty | Death (May 25, 1979) |
| Details | |
| Victims | Mildred Weiss, 48 Boris G. Naumoff, 61 |
Span of crimes | January 7, 1965 – January 3, 1979 |
| Country | United States |
| State(s) | California |
Date apprehended | January 4, 1979 |
Robert Lee Massie (December 24, 1941 – March 27, 2001)[1] was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of California for the 1979 murder of a liquor store owner in San Francisco. Massie's case was notable because he had previously been sentenced to death for another murder he committed in 1965, but that death sentence was overturned following Furman v. Georgia. He was resentenced to life in prison and then paroled in 1978, committing the second murder months after his release. Following his death sentence for the 1979 murder, it was overturned by the Supreme Court of California because his lawyer had not consented to a guilty plea. He was sentenced to death a third and final time in 1989 and was executed in 2001 at San Quentin State Prison via lethal injection.[2]
- ^ "Robert Lee Massie #703". Clark County Prosecutor. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
- ^ Streeter, Kurt (March 27, 2001). "Convicted Killer Gets Wish, Is Executed at San Quentin". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 23, 2021. Retrieved October 23, 2021.