Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Brad Livingston Executive Director
June 8,2015
The Honorable Kelly Ashmore Grayson County District Clerk 100 W. Houston Sherman, Texas 75090
RE: LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR. TDCJ #764
Dear District Clerk:
Enclosed is the Return of the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division, of the Death Warrant pertaining to LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR., issued in the District Court of Grayson County 15th Judicial District of Texas, on March 25, 2015, which was carried out on June 3, 2015. Also enclosed is the Certificate withthe director's statement of compliance with the command of the warrant. The certificate also indicates the disposition of the remains as required by Article 43.23 ofthe Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Sincerely,
CarlaM. Willis Deputy General Counsel OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
RECEIVED IN cc: The Honorable Gregg Abbott, Governor COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS The Honorable Ken Paxton, Attorney General II IN 15 7M5 Louise Pearson, Clerk, Court ofCriminal Appeals JUN i Kelly Enloe, Chairman, Classification& Records, TDCJ 4b@IAcosia,Clerk CW/cf Attach
y Our mission is to provide public safety, promote positive change in offender behavior, reintegrate offenders into society, and assist victims ofcrime. Office of the General Counsel Sharon Felfe Howell, General Counsel - sharon.howeII@tdcj.texas.gov P.O. Box 13084 Capitol Station p 0 Box 4004 Austin, Texas 78711-3084 Huntsville, Texas 77342-4004 RETURN OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION
Came to hand, the 10th day of May, 1984 and executed the 3rd day of June, 2015 by the death of LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR.
DISPOSITION OF BODY:
DATE: CVf ^ i?^ 3 ^LQi5 TIME: \p \ 3(^ oiYY f
William Stephens, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that the Death Warrant in the case of The State of Texas vs LESTERLEROY BOWER, JR. issued in the District Court of Grayson County 15th Judicial District of Texas, on March 25,2G15 and was executed according to the laws ofthe State ofTexas on June 3,2015. The death ofLESTER LEROY BOWER, JR. was causedby intravenousinjectionoflethalsubstances at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division at V: 3lo p.m. on June 3,2015, The body ofthe deceased was given into the custody of Carnes Funeral Home agent for the requesting relative. This Certificate and Return of Warrant (enclosed) is in compliance with Article 43.23 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
William Stepians* Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TOBEFORE ME thisthe3rd dayof May 2015.
CONNIE E. * WEIGH *
My Commission 11-06-2017 Expires"5 .* '• '• VjQtTVtPIA "^ ' 0\s L-^ ^^ ' • . . . jLk-J^JLA CT). *-£=. . 'Notary 'without Bond ***'" * NOTARY PUBLIC, Walker County, Texas
My Commission expires: \l- 0(g-2-0-l "7 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF GRAYSON COUNTY 15th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS
v. 033426, 033427, 033428 & 033429
LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR.
ORDER SETTING EXECUTION
This Court, having received the order denying habeas corpus relief in the above
styled and numbered cause and the order denying writ of certiorari from the Supreme
Court of the United States, and the Defendant, LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR., having
been sentenced to death in the presence of Defendant's attorneys, and on the 7th day of May, 1984, in Cause Numbers 033426, 033427, 033428 and 033429 in the 15th District Court of Grayson County, Texas in accordance with the findings of the jury and the judgment in said cause adjudging said defendant guilty of capital murder; and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers AP-69,333, AP-69, 334, AP-69,335
and AP-69,336 having affirmed said conviction with the mandates being returned to
said 15th District Court on June 8, 1989; and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in
cause numbers AP-70,995, AP-70,996, AP-70,997 and AP-70,998 having denied
habeas corpus relief with the mandates being returned to said 15th District Court on February 14, 1992; and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers WR- 21,005-2, WR-21,005-3, WR-21,005-4 and WR-21,005-5 having denied habeas cjpjg^ relief June 11, 2014; and the Supreme Court ofthe United States having de^e^wt-of-../^ %
''''/////HIIHttV** certiorari in cause number 14-292 on May 23, 2015, with the stay of execution terminating automitically; and there being no other stays of execution in effect on this
case, the court now enters the following ORDER:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the defendant, LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR.,
who has been adjudged to be guilty of capital murder as charged in the indictment and whose punishment has been assessed by the verdict of the jury and judgment of the Court at Death, shall be kept in custody bythe Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, at Huntsville, Texas, until the 3rd day of June, 2015, upon which day, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional
Division, at some hour after 6:00 p.m., in a room arranged for the purpose of execution,
the said Director, acting by and through the executionerdesignated by said Director as
provided by law, is hereby commanded, ordered and directed to carry out this sentence
ofdeath by intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause the death of the said LESTER LEROY BOWER. JR. and until the
said LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR. is dead, such procedure to be determined and
supervised by the said Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice --
Institutional Division.
The Clerk of this Court shall issue and deliver to the Sheriff of Grayson County, Texas, a Death Warrant in accordance with this Order, directed to the Director of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, at Huntsville, Texas,
commanding him, the said Director, to put into execution the Judgement of Death
against the said LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR..
The Sheriff of Grayson County, Texas is hereby ordered, upon said rec$M^?Zf?°Ol/\
'%/Hiiimv^ said Death Warrant, to deliver said Death Warrant to the Director of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, Huntsville, Texas.
SIGNED AND ENTERED this ~? S~ day of M& t c £( 20 / 5\
ION"JtM FALLON, JUDGE PRESIDING 15th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS
<8TA.TE OFTEXAS
do hereby certify that me „ onthe mm* ////,
'%//Hl||t«tt«^ DEATH WARRANT
TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, AND TO THE SHERIFF OF GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS:
WHEREAS on the 7th day of May, 1984, the defendant, LESTER LEROY
BOWER, JR., was duly sentenced to death in Cause Numbers 033426, 033427,
033428 and 033429 in the 15th District Court of Grayson County, Texas in accordance
with the findings of the jury and the judgment in said cause adjudging said defendant
guilty of capital murder; and
WHEREAS the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers AP-69,333,
AP-69, 334, AP-69,335 and AP-69,336 affirmed said conviction with the mandates
being returned to said 15th District Court on June 8, 1989; and
WHEREAS the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers AP-70,995,
AP-70,996, AP-70,997 and AP-70,998 denied habeas corpus relief with the mandates
being returned to said 15th District Court on February 14, 1992;
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Brad Livingston Executive Director
June 8,2015
The Honorable Kelly Ashmore Grayson County District Clerk 100 W. Houston Sherman, Texas 75090
RE: LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR. TDCJ #764
Dear District Clerk:
Enclosed is the Return of the Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division, of the Death Warrant pertaining to LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR., issued in the District Court of Grayson County 15th Judicial District of Texas, on March 25, 2015, which was carried out on June 3, 2015. Also enclosed is the Certificate withthe director's statement of compliance with the command of the warrant. The certificate also indicates the disposition of the remains as required by Article 43.23 ofthe Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Sincerely,
CarlaM. Willis Deputy General Counsel OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
RECEIVED IN cc: The Honorable Gregg Abbott, Governor COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS The Honorable Ken Paxton, Attorney General II IN 15 7M5 Louise Pearson, Clerk, Court ofCriminal Appeals JUN i Kelly Enloe, Chairman, Classification& Records, TDCJ 4b@IAcosia,Clerk CW/cf Attach
y Our mission is to provide public safety, promote positive change in offender behavior, reintegrate offenders into society, and assist victims ofcrime. Office of the General Counsel Sharon Felfe Howell, General Counsel - sharon.howeII@tdcj.texas.gov P.O. Box 13084 Capitol Station p 0 Box 4004 Austin, Texas 78711-3084 Huntsville, Texas 77342-4004 RETURN OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION
Came to hand, the 10th day of May, 1984 and executed the 3rd day of June, 2015 by the death of LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR.
DISPOSITION OF BODY:
DATE: CVf ^ i?^ 3 ^LQi5 TIME: \p \ 3(^ oiYY f
William Stephens, Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division CERTIFICATE
I hereby certify that the Death Warrant in the case of The State of Texas vs LESTERLEROY BOWER, JR. issued in the District Court of Grayson County 15th Judicial District of Texas, on March 25,2G15 and was executed according to the laws ofthe State ofTexas on June 3,2015. The death ofLESTER LEROY BOWER, JR. was causedby intravenousinjectionoflethalsubstances at the Huntsville Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice-Correctional Institutions Division at V: 3lo p.m. on June 3,2015, The body ofthe deceased was given into the custody of Carnes Funeral Home agent for the requesting relative. This Certificate and Return of Warrant (enclosed) is in compliance with Article 43.23 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
William Stepians* Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Correctional Institutions Division
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TOBEFORE ME thisthe3rd dayof May 2015.
CONNIE E. * WEIGH *
My Commission 11-06-2017 Expires"5 .* '• '• VjQtTVtPIA "^ ' 0\s L-^ ^^ ' • . . . jLk-J^JLA CT). *-£=. . 'Notary 'without Bond ***'" * NOTARY PUBLIC, Walker County, Texas
My Commission expires: \l- 0(g-2-0-l "7 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF GRAYSON COUNTY 15th JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXAS
THE STATE OF TEXAS
v. 033426, 033427, 033428 & 033429
LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR.
ORDER SETTING EXECUTION
This Court, having received the order denying habeas corpus relief in the above
styled and numbered cause and the order denying writ of certiorari from the Supreme
Court of the United States, and the Defendant, LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR., having
been sentenced to death in the presence of Defendant's attorneys, and on the 7th day of May, 1984, in Cause Numbers 033426, 033427, 033428 and 033429 in the 15th District Court of Grayson County, Texas in accordance with the findings of the jury and the judgment in said cause adjudging said defendant guilty of capital murder; and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers AP-69,333, AP-69, 334, AP-69,335
and AP-69,336 having affirmed said conviction with the mandates being returned to
said 15th District Court on June 8, 1989; and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in
cause numbers AP-70,995, AP-70,996, AP-70,997 and AP-70,998 having denied
habeas corpus relief with the mandates being returned to said 15th District Court on February 14, 1992; and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers WR- 21,005-2, WR-21,005-3, WR-21,005-4 and WR-21,005-5 having denied habeas cjpjg^ relief June 11, 2014; and the Supreme Court ofthe United States having de^e^wt-of-../^ %
''''/////HIIHttV** certiorari in cause number 14-292 on May 23, 2015, with the stay of execution terminating automitically; and there being no other stays of execution in effect on this
case, the court now enters the following ORDER:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the defendant, LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR.,
who has been adjudged to be guilty of capital murder as charged in the indictment and whose punishment has been assessed by the verdict of the jury and judgment of the Court at Death, shall be kept in custody bythe Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, at Huntsville, Texas, until the 3rd day of June, 2015, upon which day, at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional
Division, at some hour after 6:00 p.m., in a room arranged for the purpose of execution,
the said Director, acting by and through the executionerdesignated by said Director as
provided by law, is hereby commanded, ordered and directed to carry out this sentence
ofdeath by intravenous injection of a substance or substances in a lethal quantity sufficient to cause the death of the said LESTER LEROY BOWER. JR. and until the
said LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR. is dead, such procedure to be determined and
supervised by the said Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice --
Institutional Division.
The Clerk of this Court shall issue and deliver to the Sheriff of Grayson County, Texas, a Death Warrant in accordance with this Order, directed to the Director of the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, at Huntsville, Texas,
commanding him, the said Director, to put into execution the Judgement of Death
against the said LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR..
The Sheriff of Grayson County, Texas is hereby ordered, upon said rec$M^?Zf?°Ol/\
'%/Hiiimv^ said Death Warrant, to deliver said Death Warrant to the Director of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, Huntsville, Texas.
SIGNED AND ENTERED this ~? S~ day of M& t c £( 20 / 5\
ION"JtM FALLON, JUDGE PRESIDING 15th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS
<8TA.TE OFTEXAS
do hereby certify that me „ onthe mm* ////,
'%//Hl||t«tt«^ DEATH WARRANT
TO THE DIRECTOR OF THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, AND TO THE SHERIFF OF GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS:
WHEREAS on the 7th day of May, 1984, the defendant, LESTER LEROY
BOWER, JR., was duly sentenced to death in Cause Numbers 033426, 033427,
033428 and 033429 in the 15th District Court of Grayson County, Texas in accordance
with the findings of the jury and the judgment in said cause adjudging said defendant
guilty of capital murder; and
WHEREAS the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers AP-69,333,
AP-69, 334, AP-69,335 and AP-69,336 affirmed said conviction with the mandates
being returned to said 15th District Court on June 8, 1989; and
WHEREAS the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers AP-70,995,
AP-70,996, AP-70,997 and AP-70,998 denied habeas corpus relief with the mandates
being returned to said 15th District Court on February 14, 1992;
WHEREAS the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in cause numbers WR-21,005-
2, WR-21,005-3, WR-21,005-4 and WR-21,005-5 denied habeas corpus relief on June
11, 2014; and
WHEREAS the Supreme Court of the United States has denied writ of certiorari
on March 23, 2015 and lifting the stay of execution granted on February 5, 2015; NOW
THEREFORE
The Sheriff of Grayson County, Texas is hereby commanded to deliver this
warrant to the director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice — Institutional Division, for the purpose of executing this warrant; and
The Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division,
at Huntsville, Texas, is hereby commanded to execute the said sentence of death at the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice - Institutional Division, at anytime after the hour of 6:00 p.m. tin the 3rd day of JUNE, 2015, by causing a substance or substances in a
lethal quantity to be intravenously injected into the body of the defendant, LESTER -
LEROY BOWER, JR., sufficient to cause death, and until the defendant is dead,
obeying all laws of the State of Texas with reference to such execution.
The Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice ~ Institutional Division, shall make due return on this warrant to the Clerk of this Court. This sentence was
passed as provided by law.
WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL of the 15th District Court of Grayson, County, Texas, as my office in the City of Sherman, Texas, this the JiS^ of Marsh 20 13
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'"'////Miming OFFICER'S RETURN
The Sheriff of Grayson County, Texas received this writ oh the F& dav of -^— • - • • • 20>4.at -±—- • -•• •• - and executed
the same by delivering two copies of this warrant to the Director 6f the Correctional Institutions Division tifthe Texas Department tif Criminal Justice oh the-A" : of ^uSt \S •2<^arid by taking his receipt fdr'this warfant, which hereto attached, do here and howmak^ ;- .': ' ' • • • :--- ; • t20H.,
N COUNTY, TEXAS
ftVAPrtrh RETURN OF DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE - INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION Came to hand the J®j_ day of UU/)A; (/ An 20 ' V" ' arid said Deatn Warrant carried out by executing said defendant, LESTER LEROY BOWER, JR., on the f^ day of (JmAj f 2Q fff\
DIRECTOR,(pEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE -^NSTlTUTIOW^l > to/i.