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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 75403-441
CAUSE NO. 23,182

THE STATE OF TEXAS § IN THE MSrojfri^URT

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vs. § OF HUN^QOlJTW^TEXAS

ADAM KELLY WARD § 354TM JUDfe^< I

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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

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jgbrmer term 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 of February 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

relief in 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 relief in the defendant's federal application for writ

ofhabeas corpus.

On the 28th day ofMay, 2015, the defendant filed apetition for writ ofcertiorari

with the United States Supreme Court. The Court denied defendant's petition on the 5'

day of October, 2015.

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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,

ADAM KELLY WARD, is guilty ofthe offense ofCapital Murder as found by the jury,

and the jury having further answered that there is aprobability that the defendant would

commit criminal acts of violence that would constitute acontinuing threat to society, and

taking into consideration all the evidence, including the circumstances ofthe offense, the

defendant's character and background, the personal moral culpability ofthe defendant,

there is not sufficient mitigating circumstances to warrant that a sentence oflife

imprisonment rather than adeath sentence be imposed and the law providing that on such

jury finding the Court shall assess the death penalty to the defendant;

-.-:; —-iriS, THERfiFORE, THE ORDER OF THE COURT that the defendant, having

1been, adjudged, guilty ofCapital Murder and having been assessed punishmentafdemhlin

accordance with the findings ofthe jury and the judgment ofthis Court, shall at some

time after the hour ol 600 pm,on Tuesday, the 22nd day ofMarch, 2016, be put to death

by an executioner designated by the Director ofthe Institutional Division ofthe Texas

Department ofCriminal Justice, who shall cause 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.

IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk ofthis Court shall issue aDeath Warrant, in

accordance with this sentence, to the Director ofthe Institution Division ofthe Texas

Department ofCriminal Justice, and shall deliver such warrant to the Sheriff ofHunt
County, Texas, to be by him delivered to the Director of the Institution Division ofthe

Texas Department of Criminal Justice, together with the defendant, ADAM KELLY

WARD, if he 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

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STATE OF TEXAS

V.

ADAM KELLY WARD

CAUSE NO. 23,182

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EXECUTION ORDER

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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

CriminalJustice - Correctional Institutions Division at Huntsville, Texas until Tuesday,

the 22nd day of March, 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 of the 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 of the 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 of the signing of this order to the

following:

1) Joni White, Assistant Director, Classifications & Records Division TDCJ-ID P.O.

Box 99 Huntsville, TX 77342-0099;

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. Box 441 Greenville,

TX 75403-441; and
7) 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 of Criminal Justice - Correctional Institutions Division at Huntsville, Texas

and shall take receipt of said Death Warrant and return the receipt to the Clerk of this

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
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CAUSE NO. 23,182 /••

THE STATE OF TEXAS § IN Ti^^§T£IC;fCOURT

vs. § OF HUNT COUNT^fijg&XAS

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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 of capital 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 and having

received notice ofthe Court ofCriminal Appeals' denial ofthe defendant's

application for writ of habeas corpus, sentenced the above-named defendant to

death for the offense of capital murder and ORDERS that the execution be had on

Tuesday, the 22nd day of March, 2016, at any time after the hour of 6:00 p.m.

at the Institutional Division ofthe Texas Department ofCriminal Justice,

Huntsville, Texas.
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The Sheriff of Hunt County, Texas, is hereby commanded to transport the

defendant, if he has not already been so delivered, to the Institutional Division of

the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Huntsville, Texas, and deliver this

warrant to the Director ofthe Institutional Division ofthe Texas Department of

Criminal Justice for the purpose of executing this warrant, and to take from the

Director the proper receipt for the defendant and this warrant. The Sheriff will

return the receipt to the office ofthe District Clerk of Hunt County, Texas.

The Director ofthe Institutional Division ofthe Texas Department of

Criminal Justice is hereby commanded to receive from the Sheriff of HuntCounty,

Texas the defendant, if he 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 of the 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 of Greenville, Texas, on the 2nd day of November, 2015.

Ofa/jM ir\ajiJJu^i Jltitj,4 CJLcL)

STACEYT.ANDRUM

DISTRICT CLERK - HUNT COUNTY, TEXAS
RETURN

The Sheriff of Hunt 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 of Criminal

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 Sheriff of Hunt 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