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Andrew Perez
FLORES
Robbery
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott
offers the following information about Andrew Perez Flores of San
Antonio, who is scheduled to be executed after 6 p.m. Tuesday,
September 21, 2004.
On April 4, 1994, Flores was sentenced to death
after pleading guilty to capital murder in the death of Juan Moreno
during a San Antonio robbery. A summary of the evidence presented at
trial follows.
FACTS OF THE CRIME
On July 26, 1993, Flores and an accomplice,
Joseph Fritz, entered a Stop-N-Go convenience store, located in the
3600 block of Southwest Military Drive.
Flores pointed a handgun at
store clerk Juan Moreno and demanded money from the cash register.
Moreno stuffed the money from the cash drawer into a plastic grocery
sack. Flores then demanded the keys to Moreno’s car, which was
parked in front of the store.
Moreno begged Flores not to take his
car, but Flores responded by threatening Moreno and again demanding
the keys. Moreno knelt behind the counter and raised his arms in
front of him as if trying to shield himself. Flores then leaned over
the counter, pointed the gun at Moreno’s head, and fired a single
bullet into Moreno’s brain. Moreno slumped to the floor and Flores
and Fritz quickly left the store.
Moments later, however, Flores
reentered the store, walked behind the counter where Moreno lay
bleeding, and began to search Moreno’s pockets for his keys. Flores
took the keys and again exited the store. Fritz was able to break
into Moreno’s car, but Flores could not locate the key that fit the
ignition. Flores and Fritz finally fled the scene without Moreno’s
car. A surveillance-camera captured the robbery and murder in their
entirety.
August 11, 1993 — Bexar County grand jury
indicted Flores for the robbery and killing of Juan Moreno.
April 4, 1994 — A jury found Flores guilty of
capital murder, and the court later assessed a sentence of death.
March 20, 1996 — The Texas Court of Criminal
appeals affirmed Flores’ conviction and sentence.
November 1, 1996 — Flores filed an application
for writ of habeas corpus in the state trial court.
December 2, 1996 — The U.S. Supreme Court denied
certiorari review off direct appeal.
October 7, 1998 — The Court of Criminal Appeals
denied habeas relief.
June 1, 1999 — Flores filed a petition for writ
of habeas corpus in a San Antonio federal district court.
March 31, 2003 — The federal court denied habeas
relief.
October 28, 2003 — The 5th Circuit Court of
Appeals denied Flores permission to appeal
January 23, 2004 — Flores petitioned the U.S.
Supreme Court for certiorari review.
April 5, 2004 — The Supreme Court denied
certiorari review off federal habeas.
May 10, 2004 — The trial court entered an order
setting the execution date for Sept. 21, 2004.
Flores was convicted for the unauthorized use of
a vehicle, a felony. The offense occurred on October 7, 1990.