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Show Calendar of Events in Fabulous Braasch and Sullivan Murder Case Oct 23. 1949 Arrested in Las Vegas, Nev. Purportedly confessed con-fessed Manzione murder. Oct 25. 1949 Charged with first degree murder, Preliminary hearing held. No defense counsel present. Oct 29. 1949 Pleaded "not guilty" when arraigned in Beaver. Bea-ver. Two Cedar City attorneys were appoimeu as ueicnae vuuu-sel. vuuu-sel. Dec. 14. 1949 Granted change of venue to Parowan, Iron County, Coun-ty, because of feeling at Beaver. Dec. 15. 1949 Trial opens. Dec 20. 1949 Found guilty of first degree murder. Dec 20. 1949 Sentenced to die before firing squad at Utah State Prison Feb. 16, 1950. Dec 30. 1949 Received at the Utah State Prison. Feb. 3. 1950 Motion for new trial denied. Feb. 8. 1950 Enter appeal to Utah Supreme Court. Feb. 9. 1950 Approval granted grant-ed their appeal to Utah Supreme Court. Feb. 16. 1950 First execution execu-tion date passes. April 4. 1950 Appeal from ruling of Fifth District Court filed with Utah Supreme Court. March 24. 1951 Ruling of Fifth District Court upheld by Utah Supreme Court. April 30. 1951 Petition for rehearing filed with Utah Supreme Su-preme Court. June 19, 1951 Petition for rehearing denied by Utah Supreme Su-preme Court. July 11. 1951 Fifth District Court sots second date for execution exe-cution as Aug. 21, 1951. Aug. 2, 1951 Application f: commutation of sentence filed with Utah Board of Pardons. Aug. 7, 1951 Gov. J. Bracken Leo signs reprieve because State Board of Pardons does not moot until Aug. 20. Aug. 21, 1951 Second execution execu-tion date passes. Aug. 29, 1951 State Board of Pardons refuses to commute death sentence. Sept. 7. 1951 Utah Supreme Court grants stay of execution ponding application to U. S. Supreme Su-preme Court for writ of certiorari ,la request for a review of records). rec-ords). Jan. 7. 1952 l S. Supreme Court refuses to hear case. Jan. 14. 1952 Utah Supreme Court sots aside stay of execution. execu-tion. Jan. 22. 1952 Resentenced to die for the third time by the Fifth District Court. Execution date sot for Feb. 2G, 1952. Jan. 30. 1952 State Board of Pardons asked to rehear application appli-cation for commutation of death sentence. Feb. 18, 1952 State Board of Pardons refuses to rehear application appli-cation for commutation of 'death Feb. 18. 1952 Application for writ of habeas corpus (an order to bring a person before a court or judge) filed with Utah Supreme Court. Feb. 19. 1952 Supreme Court denies application for writ of habeas corpus. Feb. 20, 1952 Application for writ of habeas corpus filed in Utah Federal District Court. Feb. 23. 1952 Judge Willis W. Ritter grants 45-day stay of execution pending action of application ap-plication for writ of habeas corpus. cor-pus. Feb. 2G. 1952 Third execution execu-tion date passes. March 14. 1952 Amended petition for writ of habeas corpus cor-pus filed In Utah Federal District Dis-trict Court. March 24. 1952 Judge Ritter orders Utah State Prison Warden War-den Marcell Graham to show cause why writ of habeau corpus should not be Issued. He also ordered or-dered a writ of habeas corpus and testificandum. (This is an order to bring a person held In custody before a court). It re-k, re-k, Iquired Warden Graham to pro- duce the two convicts in Federal Feder-al Court on April 3 for habeas corpus hearings. March 31. 1952 Judge Ritter orders psychiatric study of Braasch and Sullivan. April 1. 1951 Warden Graham files a return to Judge Ritter's order to show cause why writ of habeas corpus should not be granted. April 3. 1952 Braasch . and Sullivan appear before Judge Ritter Rit-ter on the petition for a writ of habeas corpus. April 4, 1952 Judge Ritter grants a stay of execution "during "dur-ing the pendency of further proceedings pro-ceedings in this court." April 8. 1952 Judge Ritter orders Judge Will L. Hoyt of Fifth District Court. Warden Marcell Graham. Iron County Sheriff Arthur Ar-thur Nelson and Beaver County Sheriff Jasper Puffer to arrest all proceedings in connection with the execution of the two men. Dec. 23. 1952 Application filed with Utah Supreme Court for writ of habeas corpus. Feb. G. 1953 Utah Supreme Court denies application for writ of habeas corpus. Feb. 25. 1953 Petition for rehearing filed with Utah Supreme Su-preme Court. Feb. 26. 1953 Utah Supreme Court denies petition for rehearing. Oct. 19. 1953 U. S. Supreme Court refuses to hear their appeal ap-peal for the second time. Jan. 2G. 1954 Utah attorney files a motion to dismiss Judge Ritter's order to show cause and to quash and deny a writ of habeas ha-beas corpus. April 12. 1954 Utah Attorney General E. R. Callister files memorandum mem-orandum supporting his Jan. 2f. 1!).1 motion to dismiss petitions of Sullivan and Braasch . . . asks Judge Ritter for hearing on the motion Friday, April 16, at I 10 a. m. April 13. 1954 Judge Ritter meets with Utah Attorney General Gener-al E. R. Callister and defense attorneys. at-torneys. He orders them to file additional briefs on petition for vyrit of habeas corpus. April 15. 1954 Gov. J. Brack-Lee Brack-Lee submits a bill for $15,872.50 to U. S. Attorney Herbert Brown-ell, Brown-ell, Jr. In accompanying letter he says the bill was submitted because be-cause Judge Ritter had assumed jurisdiction over Braasch and Sullivan and had taken no further fur-ther action. The bill was for board and room while the two men were under Judge Ritter's jurisdiction. May 15. 1954 Gov. Lee submitted sub-mitted bill of $615.16 to Attorney General Brownoll to bring board account up-to-date. Total bill is now $1 6.-187.06. Oct. 20. 1954 Gov. Lee urges ur-ges Atty. Gen. E. R. Callister in a letter to end the delay and I take all legal steps to end the case. Ho points out that it has cost the state S19.6S5.12 to keep1 the moan in death row to date. |
