Texas Execution Information Center

Execution Report: Marion Dudley

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Dudley had a prior history of drug possession, illegally carrying a weapon, burglary of a vehicle, assault, receiving stolen property, giving false identification, and attempting to flee from police. He had a felony conviction in Alabama for marijuana possession. Witnesses also testified that he had committed a drive-by shooting. A Tuscaloosa sheriff's deputy testified that Dudley had participated in a home invasion robbery on 20 April 1992, two months before the Houston murders.

A jury convicted Dudley of capital murder and sentenced him to death. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence in June 1997. All of his subsequent appeals in state and federal court were denied.

Arthur Brown Jr. was also convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death. He is on death row as of this writing. Antonio Lamone Dunson was convicted of capital murder and given a life sentence. He remains in prison as of this writing.

In an interview from death row, Dudley acknowledged that he dealt drugs. "Once you start getting easy money, it's so hard to slow down," he said. He denied being at the Tovar home when the murders occurred.

Dudley did not make a last statement at his execution. He was pronounced dead at 6:16 p.m.

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By David Carson. Posted on 28 January 2006.
Sources: Texas Attorney General's office, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Associated Press, Houston Chronicle.

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