MOORE, CAREY DEAN

General Information

DOB: October 26, 1957
Race: White
Gender: Male

Crime and Trial

County of conviction: Douglas
Number of counts: 2
Race of victim: White/white
Gender of victim: Male/male
Date of crime: Aug. 22-27, 1979
Date of sentencing: June 20, 1980

Trial Counsel:

Lawrence Corrigan (first trial)

Tom Riley (on resentencing)

Legal status

Current proceedings:

• State v. Moore, 730 N.W.2d 563 (May 2, 2007) - Nebraska Supreme Court stayed execution pending case in State v. Mata, S-05-1268 regarding the constitutionality of execution by electrocution and the specific question of whether death by electrocution is  cruel and unusual punishment.

Last judicial decision:

• Nebraska Supreme Court stayed execution in State v. Moore, 730 N.W.2d 563 (May 2, 2007).
   
• Denial of  Cert. in U.S. Supreme Court, Moore v. Nebraska, ___ S.Ct. ___, 2007 WL 91541 (Mem.) Jan. 16, 2007.

Current counsel:

Alan E. Peterson
Cline & Williams
233 S. 13th Street
1900 U.S. Bank Building
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-474-6900

Daniel E. Klaus
Rembolt & Ludtke
1201 Lincoln Mall, Suite 102
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-475-5087

Reported Opinions:

• Nebraska Supreme Court stayed execution in State v. Moore, 730 N.W.2d 563 (May 2, 2007).
   
• Denial of  Cert. in U.S. Supreme Court, Moore v. Nebraska, ___ S.Ct. ___, 2007 WL 91541 (Mem.) Jan. 16, 2007.
   
• Denial of habeas corpus affirmed by Moore v. Kinney, 320 F.3d 767 (8th Cir), cert. denied, 539 U.S. 930 (2003)
   
• Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by State v. Moore, 316 N.W.2d 33 (Neb.), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 984 (1982).
   
• Grant of habeas affirmed (sentencing only) by Moore v. Clarke, 904 F.2d 1226 (8th Cir. 1990), cert. denied, 504 U.S. 930 (1992).
   
• Following grant of penalty phase relief on federal habeas review, case remanded from Nebraska Supreme Court to trial court for re-sentencing. See State v. Moore, 502 N.W.2d 227 (Neb. 1993).
   
• Death sentence affirmed on direct appeal following remand after successful habeas petition. See State v. Moore, 553 N.W.2d 120 (Neb. 1996), cert. denied, 520 U.S. 1176 (1997).
   
• Denial of post-conviction relief as to re-sentencing affirmed by State v. Moore, 591 N.W.2d 86 (Neb.), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 990 (1999).
   
• Habeas corpus denied by Moore v. Kinney, 119 F. Supp. 2d 1022 (D. Neb. 2000), rev'd, 278 F.3d 774 (8th Cir. 2002) [opinion vacated, rehearing en banc granted, March 28, 2002].
   
• Denial of habeas corpus affirmed by Moore v. Kinney, 320 F.3d 767 (8th Cir. 2003) (en banc), cert. denied, 539 U.S. 930 (2003).

Significant legal issues:

• vagueness of the state's "exceptional depravity" aggravating factor, where state court's definition of the factor was not crafted until Moore's appeal
   
• retroactivity of Ring v. Arizona, in light of the fact that Moore's aggravating circumstances, were found, and sentence imposed, by a panel of judges
   
• Lackey claim surrounding length of confinement on death row
   
• constitutionality of the electric chair

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