In custody

Angel Maturino Resendiz was escorted into a Texas courtroom.

Resendiz is led from a magistrate's courtroom following a hearing after being
booked into the Harris County Jail on Wednesday, July 14, 1999.

A neuropsychologist who examined accused railway killer Angel Maturino Resendiz testified that
the rail-riding drifter is "out of touch with reality" and believes God told him to kill his victims.

Angel Maturino Resendiz and
Defense attorney Allen Tanner

Lead defense attorney Allen Tanner has handled at least nine capital murder cases.

Court-appointed defense attorneys Allen Tanner, left,
and Rudy Duarte talk about their client.

Harris County prosecutor Devon Anderson carries files on Angel Maturino Resendez
from the grand jury room after the serial killer suspect's indictment.

Assistant District Attorney Devon Anderson has tried
70 felony cases in her career and has only lost one.

State District Judge William Harmon speaks to Resendez in Houston.

Resendiz in court on May 18, 2000.

Angel Maturino Resendiz, pictured in court on May 18, 2000
found guilty of capital murder.

Resendiz confers with attorney Rudy Duarte.

Maturino Resendiz was sentenced to death for the December 1998
rape and murder of a Houston-area physician.

A sheriff confers with accused serial killer
Angel Maturino Resendiz in court.

Angel Maturino Resendiz, left, confers with attorney Rudy Duarte.

Convicted railroad killer Angel Maturino Resendiz, center, points his finger after being
sentenced to death by lethal injection for capital murder Monday, May 22, 2000 in Houston.

Resendiz on Death Row