### RECEIVED IN 

## COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS NOV 05 2015 

## f«3V o22015 Afe@IAeosta.G»ei1< November 2, 2015
ADAM KELLY WARD TDCJ # 00999525 Polunsky Unit 3872 FM 350 South Livingston, Texas 77351 Dear Mr. Ward: Pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure art. 43.141, enclosed is a copy of the trial court's Order setting the execution of ADAM KELLY WARD for March 22, 2016. ORIGINAL SIGNED BY RICHARD A. BEACOM JR.. JUDGE

cc: Joni White Assistant Director Classifications & Records Division TDCJ

- ID P. O. Box 99 Huntsville, Texas 77342-0099 Abel Acosta Clerk Court of Criminal Appeals P. O. Box 12308 Capitol Station Austin, Texas 78711 Maria Ramirez Board of Pardons & Paroles Executive Clemency Unit 8610 Shoal Creek Austin, Texas 78758 Office of Capital Writs 1700 N. Congress Ave. Austin, TX 78701 Ste. 460 HON. RICHARD A. BEACOM, JR. Presiding Judge 354TM Judicial District Court Hunt County, Texas Jefferson Clendenin Assistant Attorney General Attorney General's Office 209 W. 14th Street Austin, Texas 78701

David Dow Attorney for Adam Ward 100 Law Center Houston, TX 77204-6060

Noble Dan Walker, Jr. Hunt County Dist. Attorney P.O. Box 441 Greenville, TX 75403-441CAUSE NO. 23,182 

# THE STATEOFTEXAS § INTHEMSrojfri^URT § !h,V vs. § OF HUN^QOlJTW^TEXAS 

# ADAM KELLY WARD § 354TM JUDfe^< I DISTRICT '****.» SENTENCE OF DEATH 

### This day this cause being again called, the State appeared by and through the" Hunt County District Attorney, for the purpose ofhaving sentence oflaw pronounced in -accordance with the verdict andjudgment rendered against ADAM KELLY WARD at a •!&-.• 

## jgbrmerterm ofthis Court, to-wit: on the 26th day ofJune, 2007. The verdict and judgment inthe defendant's case were reviewed on direct appeal by the Court of ' '-•sgy.7 

## -v^Criminal Appeals ofTexas. Subsequently, on the 10th day ofFebruary 2010 the ;: '"•'=•

judgment inthe. defendant's case was affirmed by the decision ofthe Court of Ciimina] ; TAppeals, and, in accordance, this Court hasreceived the decision;and.mandate which areSon file among the papers in this cause. 

### On the 6st day ofOctober, 2010, the Court ofCriminal Appeals denied habeas reliefin the defendant's application for writ ofhabeas corpus. 

### On the 6th day ofMarch, 2014, the U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division denied habeas reliefin the defendant's federal application for writ ofhabeas corpus. 

### On the 28th day of May, 2015, the defendant filed apetition for writ of certiorari with the United States Supreme Court. The Court denied defendant's petition on the 5' day ofOctober, 2015. :th

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### Thereupon, this Court proceeded to pronounce sentence against the defendant, ADAM KELLY WARD, as follows: 

### It is therefore CONSIDERED and ADJUDGED by the Court that the defendant, 

## ADAMKELLYWARD, is guilty ofthe offense ofCapital Murder as found by thejury, and thejury having further answered that there is aprobability that the defendant would 

## commit criminal acts ofviolence that would constitute acontinuing threatto society, and taking into consideration all the evidence, including the circumstances ofthe offense, the 

## defendant's characterand background, the personal moral culpability ofthe defendant, there isnot sufficient mitigating circumstances to warrant that a sentence oflife 

## imprisonment ratherthan adeath sentence be imposed and the lawproviding that on such jury finding the Court shall assess the death penalty to the defendant; 

# -.-:; —-iriS, THERfiFORE, THEORDEROFTHE COURTthatthe defendant, having 1 been,adjudged,guilty ofCapital Murderand havingbeen assessed punishmentafdemhlin accordance with the findings ofthejury and thejudgment of this Court, shall at some 

## time after the hour ol 600 pm,on Tuesday, the 22nd day ofMarch, 2016, beputto death by an executioner designated by the Director of the Institutional Division of the Texas Department ofCriminal Justice, who shall cause asubstance or substances in alethal 

### quantity to be intravenously injected into the body of the defendant to continue until the 

### defendant is deceased, obeying all laws of the State of Texas with reference to such
execution. 

## IT IS ORDERED thatthe Clerk ofthis Court shall issue aDeath Warrant, in accordance with this sentence, to the Director ofthe Institution Division of the Texas 

### Department ofCriminal Justice, and shall deliver such warrant to the SheriffofHunt

### County, Texas, to be by him delivered tothe Director of theInstitution Division ofthe Texas Department ofCriminal Justice, together with thedefendant, ADAM KELLY WARD, ifhe has not previously been so delivered. 

### DONE and ENTERED this the 2nd day ofNovember, 2015.
ORIGINAL SJGNED BY 

### RICHARD A. BEACOM JR., JUDGE HONORABLE RICHARD BEACOM 354TM JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS

•u '"» '<• • nSTATE OF TEXAS
V.
ADAM KELLY WARD CAUSE NO. 23,182 § § § § §
EXECUTION ORDER ^INta DISTRICT COURT c<-e*i



## OF HUNT CbOrfTYj TEXAS T©P<r?P[)\/7fCff^ nr>n 

### 354^bIP©PP DISTRICT 

### ^JUKl urtKiiiil'AL APPEALS NOV 06 2015 

### This Court, having received the mandate from the Court/oJ^pigugal Appeals affirming the Defendant's conviction in the above styled and numbered cause and having received notice that the Court of Criminal Appeals has denied habeas relief in the defendant's initial petition for writ of habeas corpus, cause no. WR-70,651-02,
now enters the following Order: ITIS HEREBY ORDERED that the Defendant, ADAM KELLY WARD, who has been adjudged to be guilty of Capital Murder as charged in the indictment and whose punishment has been assessed at Death by the verdict of the jury and judgment of the Court, shall be kept in custody by the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

- Correctional Institutions Division at Huntsville, Texas until Tuesday, the 22nd day ofMarch, 2016, upon which day, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

- Correctional Institutions Division at Huntsville, Texas, at some time after the hour of 6:00 p.m., in a room arranged for the purpose of execution, the said Director,acting by and through the executioner designated by said Director as provided by law, is hereby commanded, ordered and directed to carry out this sentence of death by 

### intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to

cause the death ofthe said ADAM KELLY WARD and until the said ADAM KELLY WARD is dead, such procedure to be determined and supervised by the said Director of the Correctional Institutions Division ofthe Texas Department of Criminal Justice. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall send a copy of the Death Warrant in cause 23,182 within two (2) days ofthe signing ofthis order to the following: 1) Joni White, Assistant Director, Classifications & Records Division TDCJ-ID P.O. Box 99 Huntsville, TX77342-0099; 2) Jefferson Clendenin, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office 209 

### W. 14th Street Austin, TX 78701; 3) Abel Acosta, Clerk, Court of Criminal Appeals, P.O. Box 12308 Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711; 4) David Dow, Attorney for Adam Ward, 100 Law Center, Houston, TX 77204- 6060; 5) Maria Ramirez, Board of Pardons & Paroles Executive Clemency Unit 8610 Shoal Creek Austin, TX 78758; 6) Noble Dan Walker, Jr., Hunt County District Attorney, P.O. Box441 Greenville, TX 75403-441; and7) Office of Capital Writs, 1700 N. Congress Ave., Ste. 460 Austin, TX 78701.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall issue and deliver to the Sheriff of Hunt County, Texas, a Death Warrant in accordance with this Order, directed to the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice

- Correctional Institutions Division at Huntsville, Texas, commanding him, the said Director, to put into execution the Judgment of Death against the said ADAM KELLY WARD. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Sheriff of Hunt County, upon receipt of said Death Warrant, is to deliver said Death Warrant to the Director of the Texas Department ofCriminal Justice

- Correctional Institutions Division at Huntsville, Texas and shall take receipt ofsaid Death Warrant and return the receipt to the Clerk ofthis
Court. SIGNED AND ENTERED this 2nd day of November, 2015.



### ORIGINAL SIGNED BY 

### RICHARD A. BEAC0M JR.. JUDGE
HONORABLE RICHARD A. BEACOM, JR. Presiding Judge 354th Judicial District Court Hunt County, Texas••'\

CAUSE NO. 23,182 /•• 

# THESTATE OFTEXAS § INTi^^§T£IC;f COURT vs. § OF HUNT COUNT^fijg&XAS § 

## ADAM-KELLY WARD § 354TM JUDICIAL D^RigiW m WURTOFCRWALAPPa' DEATH WARRANT 

### NOV 06 2015 TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION OF THE TEXAS 

### DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND TO THE SHERIF^^P^Tq^ 

## COUNTY, TEXAS: ~ ' * On the 26th day ofJune, 2007, the above-named defendant, in the abovestyled and numbered cause, was convicted ofthe offense ofcapital murder. On the 

### 26th day of June, 2007, the Courtsentenced the above-named defendant to death in accordance with the findings ofthe jury, pursuant to the Texas Code ofCriminal Procedure. 

### The Court, having received the Court ofCriminal Appeals' mandate 

### affirming the above-named defendant's conviction for capital murder andhaving received notice ofthe Court ofCriminal Appeals' denial ofthe defendant's application for writ ofhabeas corpus, sentenced the above-named defendant to death for the offense ofcapital murder and ORDERS that the execution be had on 

### Tuesday, the 22nd day of March, 2016, at any time after the hour of6:00 p.m. at the Institutional Division ofthe Texas Department ofCriminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas.•A 

### The Sheriff of Hunt County, Texas, is hereby commanded to transport the defendant, ifhe has not already been so delivered, to the Institutional Division of the Texas Department ofCriminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas, and deliver this 

### warrant to the Director ofthe Institutional Division ofthe Texas Department of Criminal Justice for the purpose ofexecuting this warrant, and to take from the Director the proper receipt for the defendant and this warrant. The Sheriffwill 

### return the receipt to the office ofthe District Clerk of Hunt County, Texas. The Director ofthe Institutional Divisionofthe Texas Department of 

### Criminal Justice is hereby commanded to receive from the SheriffofHuntCounty, Texas the defendant, ifhe has not already been so delivered, and this warrant, and 

### to give his receipt to the Sheriff, and to safely keep the defendant and to execute 

### the sentence of death at any time after the hour of 6:00 p.m. on the day and date specified in paragraph two ofthis warrant, by causing a substance or substances in a lethal quantity to be intravenously injected into the body ofthe defendant to continue until the defendant is deceased, obeying all laws ofthe State ofTexas with reference to such execution. 

### Witness my hand and seal ofthe District Clerk ofHunt County, Texas, at my office in the City ofGreenville, Texas, on the 2nd day ofNovember, 2015. 

# Ofa/jM ir\ajiJJu^i Jltitj,4 CJLcL) STACEYT.ANDRUM 

### DISTRICT CLERK - HUNT COUNTY, TEXASRETURN The SheriffofHunt County, Texas, received this writ on the day of

, 2015, at M. and executed the same by delivering two copies of this warrant to the Warden ofthe Institutional Division ofthe Texas Department ofCriminal Justice on the day of , 2015 and by taking his receipts for the said defendant, if necessary, and this warrant, which receipts are hereto attached do here now make my return on this writ this day of , 2015.

SHERIFF RANDY MEEKS HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS
ACKNQWLEDG EMENT On this the day of . 2015, the following papers related to cause number 23,182, styled THE STATE OF TEXAS vs. ADAM KELLY WARD, were received from the SheriffofHunt County, Texas: 1. One original and one copy ofthe DEATH WARRANT to be delivered to the Director ofthe Texas Department ofCriminal Justice- Correctional Institutions Division. 2. Two original, certified EXECUTION ORDERS. WILLIAM STEPHENS TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION HUNTSVILLE. TEXAS

DEPUTY TEXAS DEPT. OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION