GUILTY CO - Bruce, 27, Debra, 26, & Melissa Bennett, 7, murdered, Aurora, 16 Jan 1984 *inmate arrest 2019*

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Friday, May 24th:
*Extradition Deadline Filing Hearing (@ MT) – NV/CO – Bruce (27) & Debra (26) Bennett & daughter Melissa (7) (Jan. 16, 1984, Aurora) – *Alexander Christopher Ewing (58/25 @ time of crime) charged (Arapahoe County in CO on 8/9/18) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder after deliberation, 3 counts of felony murder, 1 count of attempted 1st degree murder after deliberation, 1 count of aggravated sexual assault, 1 count of assault with deadly weapon, 1 counts of sexual abuse of child, 1 count of 1st degree burglary with weapon.
Also charged (Jefferson County in CO on 8/10/18) with 1st degree murder of Patricia Louise Smith (50) (Jan. 10, 1984, Lakewood).
DNA genetic profile match in CODIS. Ewing is serving a 8 to 40 year sentence in Nevada. Waiting for extradition to CO.
Court hearings from 10/2/18 thru 4/11/19 reference post #199 here:
CO - CO - Bruce, 27, Debra, 26, & Melissa Bennett, 7, Aurora, 16 Jan 1984
4/18/19 Update: Ewing was granted more time to fight his extradition to Colorado. The Nevada Supreme Court gave Ewing until May 13 to file his opening brief. Once Ewing’s brief is filed, the Nevada Attorney General has 30 days to file a response. Then Ewing gets 30 more days to file a reply, meaning it could be mid-July before the court takes up the appeal.
5/13/19 Update: Ewing again files motion to delay extradition for 11-day extension. Next 5/24.
 
Niner said:
Don't know if this is an old article or not - can't access...

Nevada AG argues against hammer murder suspect's appeal of extradition to Colorado

can someone give a 10% synopsis on this, please - TIA! :)
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"June 27, 2019
Nevada’s attorney general has urged the state’s highest court to reject an effort by Alex Christopher Ewing – suspected of 1984 hammer attacks that left four dead in the Denver area – to stop his extradition to Colorado."

"In December, a judge in Nevada ordered that Ewing be transferred to Colorado to face charges. He is fighting extradition, arguing that judge improperly denied him a court-appointed attorney and that the extradition contract between the two states is not valid.

Ewing appealed the extradition order to the Nevada Supreme Court".

"In a brief filed this week, Heather Proctor, Nevada’s chief deputy attorney general, argued that Ewing was wrong on both counts – that he failed “to demonstrate a constitutional right to the appointment of counsel in an extradition proceeding,” and that he has “no standing” to challenge the extradition agreement.

Ewing now has 30 days to file a reply. After that, the state’s high court will decide how to proceed and could give both sides the chance to make oral arguments before rendering a decision."
 
dotr from article said:
snipped by me....
Ewing now has 30 days to file a reply. After that, the state’s high court will decide how to proceed and could give both sides the chance to make oral arguments before rendering a decision."
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So.... "actually" 30 days? or 30 "working days" - I'm going to put him on July 27th - until I hear further! :D

Oops - screwed up the quote... :rolleyes:
 
Hammer suspect's attorneys request 60-day delay in appeal of extradition

The attorneys for the Nevada inmate accused of four 1984 hammer murders in the Denver area want another timeout in the fight over his extradition to Colorado – their fourth request for a delay in the case – 9Wants to Know has learned.
[.....]
At issue is the appeal filed with the Nevada Supreme Court by Alex Christopher Ewing’s lawyers that seeks to invalidate a judge’s order issued last Dec. 4 that paved the way for the man’s return to Colorado.

Ewing’s final brief was due Wednesday.

“Mr. Ewing and his counsel are unable to complete and file a reply brief by the above deadline,” attorney Martin H. Wiener wrote in a motion filed Tuesday night.
[.....]
But after a Nevada judge ordered that Ewing be extradited to Colorado to face charges in the case here, he appealed the decision. Among his arguments is that the judge erred in determining that he was not entitled to a court-appointed lawyer for the extradition hearing. He also has argued that the extradition agreement between Colorado and Nevada is not valid.

Wiener sought a delay in December and further delays in April and May.
 
Posting this as an update, so I can shorten it up a bit.

Wednesday, July 24th:
*Extradition Deadline Filing Hearing (@ MT) – NV/CO – Bruce (27) & Debra (26) Bennett & daughter Melissa (7) (Jan. 16, 1984, Aurora) – *Alexander Christopher Ewing (58/25 @ time of crime) charged (Arapahoe County in CO on 8/9/18) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder after deliberation, 3 counts of felony murder, 1 count of attempted 1st degree murder after deliberation, 2 counts of aggravated sexual assault, 1 count of assault with deadly weapon, 2 counts of sexual abuse of child, 1 count of 1st degree burglary with weapon.
*Also charged (Jefferson County in CO on 8/10/18) with 1st degree murder of Patricia Louise Smith (50) (Jan. 10, 1984, Lakewood).
DNA genetic profile match in CODIS. Ewing is serving a 8 to 40 year sentence in Nevada. Waiting for extradition to CO.
Court hearings from 10/2/18 thru 4/11/19 reference post #199 here:
CO - CO - Bruce, 27, Debra, 26, & Melissa Bennett, 7, Aurora, 16 Jan 1984
4/18/19 Update: Ewing was granted more time to fight his extradition to Colorado. The Nevada Supreme Court gave Ewing until May 13 to file his opening brief. Once Ewing’s brief is filed, the Nevada Attorney General has 30 days to file a response. Then Ewing gets 30 more days to file a reply, meaning it could be mid-July before the court takes up the appeal.
5/13/19 Update: Ewing again files motion to delay extradition for 11-day extension. Next 5/24.
6/5/19 Update: Nevada Supreme Court documents filed Tuesday say a state court judge improperly rejected Ewing’s request last October for an appointed attorney and ordered Ewing transferred in custody to Colorado. Ewing’s extradition has been delayed pending his appeal to the Nevada high court.
6/27/19 Update: Nevada’s attorney general has urged the state’s highest court to reject an effort by Ewing – suspected of 1984 hammer attacks that left four dead in the Denver area – to stop his extradition to Colorado. In a brief filed this week, Heather Proctor, Nevada’s chief deputy attorney general, argued that Ewing was wrong on both counts – that he failed “to demonstrate a constitutional right to the appointment of counsel in an extradition proceeding,” and that he has “no standing” to challenge the extradition agreement. Ewing now has 30 days to file a reply (~July 24). After that, the state’s high court will decide how to proceed & could give both sides the chance to make oral arguments before rendering a decision."
7/24/19 Update: The attorneys for the Nevada inmate accused of four 1984 hammer murders in the Denver area want another timeout in the fight over his extradition to Colorado – their fourth request for a delay in the case. Ewing’s final brief was due Wednesday. “Mr. Ewing and his counsel are unable to complete and file a reply brief by the above deadline,” attorney Martin H. Wiener wrote in a motion filed Tuesday night. Heather Proctor, chief deputy attorney general for Nevada, immediately filed a motion opposing Wiener’s request for more time. It is not clear how soon the Nevada Supreme Court will take action on Wiener’s motion. They want an additional 60 days. ~Sept. 24th.
 
Okay - I'm going on a vacation (back to California!!!) for 2 weeks (starting 9/18 back on 10/2)!

Following this case - so not sure if this is happening around Sept. 24th - by my calculations of 60 days from his last court hearing? I won't be taking my laptop with me - so I'm going to need some help from one of you that are following this case. Please keep good notes! LOL! :)

He is not in either of the State's court sites - Nevada or Colorado (Arapahoe or Jefferson County).

Tuesday, Sept. 24th or there abouts!
*Extradition Deadline Filing Hearing (@ MT) – NV/CO – Bruce (27) & Debra (26) Bennett & daughter Melissa (7) (Jan. 16, 1984, Aurora) – *Alexander Christopher Ewing (58/25 @ time of crime) charged (Arapahoe County in CO on 8/9/18) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder after deliberation, 3 counts of felony murder, 1 count of attempted 1st degree murder after deliberation, 2 counts of aggravated sexual assault, 1 count of assault with deadly weapon, 2 counts of sexual abuse of child, 1 count of 1st degree burglary with weapon.
*Also charged (Jefferson County in CO on 8/10/18) with 1st degree murder of Patricia Louise Smith (50) (Jan. 10, 1984, Lakewood).
DNA genetic profile match in CODIS. Ewing is serving a 8 to 40 year sentence in Nevada. Waiting for extradition to CO.
Court hearings from 10/2/18 thru 6/27/19 reference post #208 here:
CO - CO - Bruce, 27, Debra, 26, & Melissa Bennett, 7, Aurora, 16 Jan 1984
7/24/19 Update: The attorneys for the Nevada inmate accused of four 1984 hammer murders in the Denver area want another timeout in the fight over his extradition to Colorado – their fourth request for a delay in the case. Ewing’s final brief was due Wednesday. “Mr. Ewing and his counsel are unable to complete and file a reply brief by the above deadline,” attorney Martin H. Wiener wrote in a motion filed Tuesday night. Heather Proctor, chief deputy attorney general for Nevada, immediately filed a motion opposing Wiener’s request for more time. It is not clear how soon the Nevada Supreme Court will take action on Wiener’s motion. They want an additional 60 days. ~Sept. 24th.
 
1984 hammer murders suspect has 1 week to file final extradition paperwork (with clip)
Alex Christopher Ewing's attorneys are trying to block efforts to bring him to Colorado to face charges in cases here. Court says it won't grant any more delays.

September 27, 2019

"NEVADA, USA — Lawyers for a Nevada inmate accused of four 1984 hammer murders in the Denver area have been given a hard deadline by the Nevada Supreme Court to file their final brief in their ongoing effort to block his extradition to Colorado....

In a ruling made public late Thursday – 64 days after the request – the court gave the attorneys “7 days from the date of this order to file and serve a reply brief.”

“No further extensions of time will be granted,” the order, signed by Chief Justice Mark Gibbons, said.

If that brief isn’t filed by the deadline, it will “be treated as a waiver of the right to file a reply brief,” Gibbons wrote....

Ewing’s final brief was due Wednesday....

Arapahoe County prosecutors have not formally charged Ewing in the Bennett murders, which occurred Jan. 16, 1984, but have an arrest warrant obtained in 2002 that lists 13 separate charges:

-Six counts of first-degree murder – two for each of the victims. One count in each case alleges the killings were carried out with deliberation, the other alleges they were committed as part of another felony.
-One count of attempted first-degree murder for the attack on Vanessa Bennett.
-Two counts of sexual assault and two counts of sexual assault on a child for the attacks on the girls.
-One count of assault.
-One count of burglary.

In addition, prosecutors in that case listed five sentencing enhancers – all alleging that Ewing committed a crime of violence...."

1984 hammer murders suspect has 1 week to file final extradition paperwork
 
Thursday, Sept. 26th:
*Extradition Deadline Filing Hearing (@ MT) – NV/CO – Bruce (27) & Debra (26) Bennett & daughter Melissa (7) (Jan. 16, 1984, Aurora) – *Alexander Christopher Ewing (58/25 @ time of crime) charged (Arapahoe County in CO on 8/9/18) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder after deliberation, 3 counts of felony murder, 1 count of attempted 1st degree murder after deliberation, 2 counts of aggravated sexual assault, 1 count of assault with deadly weapon, 2 counts of sexual abuse of child, 1 count of 1st degree burglary with weapon.
*Also charged (Jefferson County in CO on 8/10/18) with 1st degree murder of Patricia Louise Smith (50) (Jan. 10, 1984, Lakewood). CO-not in either county as of 9/17 or Nevada
DNA genetic profile match in CODIS. Ewing is serving a 8 to 40 year sentence in Nevada. Waiting for extradition to CO.
Court hearings from 10/2/18 thru 6/27/19 reference post #208 here:
CO - CO - Bruce, 27, Debra, 26, & Melissa Bennett, 7, Aurora, 16 Jan 1984
7/24/19 Update: The attorneys for the Nevada inmate accused of four 1984 hammer murders in the Denver area want another timeout in the fight over his extradition to Colorado – their fourth request for a delay in the case. Ewing’s final brief was due Wednesday. “Mr. Ewing and his counsel are unable to complete and file a reply brief by the above deadline,” attorney Martin H. Wiener wrote in a motion filed Tuesday night. Heather Proctor, chief deputy attorney general for Nevada, immediately filed a motion opposing Wiener’s request for more time. It is not clear how soon the Nevada Supreme Court will take action on Wiener’s motion. They want an additional 60 days. ~Sept. 24th.
9/26/29 Update: Lawyers filed extension for extradition for 60 days. Judge denies motions – give defense until 10/2 to file final extradition paperwork.
 
Sorry I missed posting this one as I was in the air flying home....

Wednesday, October 2nd:
*Extradition Deadline Filing Hearing (@ MT) – NV/CO – Bruce (27) & Debra (26) Bennett & daughter Melissa (7) (Jan. 16, 1984, Aurora) – *Alexander Christopher Ewing (58/25 @ time of crime) charged (Arapahoe County in CO on 8/9/18) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder after deliberation, 3 counts of felony murder, 1 count of attempted 1st degree murder after deliberation, 2 counts of aggravated sexual assault, 1 count of assault with deadly weapon, 2 counts of sexual abuse of child, 1 count of 1st degree burglary with weapon.
*Also charged (Jefferson County in CO on 8/10/18) with 1st degree murder of Patricia Louise Smith (50) (Jan. 10, 1984, Lakewood).
DNA genetic profile match in CODIS. Ewing is serving a 8 to 40 year sentence in Nevada. Waiting for extradition to CO.
Court hearings from 10/2/18 thru 6/27/19 reference post #208 here:
CO - CO - Bruce, 27, Debra, 26, & Melissa Bennett, 7, Aurora, 16 Jan 1984
7/24/19 Update: The attorneys for the Nevada inmate accused of four 1984 hammer murders in the Denver area want another timeout in the fight over his extradition to Colorado – their fourth request for a delay in the case. Ewing’s final brief was due Wednesday. “Mr. Ewing and his counsel are unable to complete and file a reply brief by the above deadline,” attorney Martin H. Wiener wrote in a motion filed Tuesday night. Heather Proctor, chief deputy attorney general for Nevada, immediately filed a motion opposing Wiener’s request for more time. It is not clear how soon the Nevada Supreme Court will take action on Wiener’s motion. They want an additional 60 days. ~Sept. 24th.
9/26/29 Update: Lawyers filed extension for extradition for 60 days. Judge denies motions – give defense until 10/2 to file final extradition paperwork.
 
Niner said:
Sorry I missed posting this one as I was in the air flying home....

Wednesday, October 2nd:
*Extradition Deadline Filing Hearing (@ MT) – NV/CO – Bruce (27) & Debra (26) Bennett & daughter Melissa (7) (Jan. 16, 1984, Aurora) – *Alexander Christopher Ewing (58/25 @ time of crime) charged (Arapahoe County in CO on 8/9/18) with 3 counts of 1st degree murder after deliberation, 3 counts of felony murder, 1 count of attempted 1st degree murder after deliberation, 2 counts of aggravated sexual assault, 1 count of assault with deadly weapon, 2 counts of sexual abuse of child, 1 count of 1st degree burglary with weapon.
*Also charged (Jefferson County in CO on 8/10/18) with 1st degree murder of Patricia Louise Smith (50) (Jan. 10, 1984, Lakewood).
DNA genetic profile match in CODIS. Ewing is serving a 8 to 40 year sentence in Nevada. Waiting for extradition to CO.
Court hearings from 10/2/18 thru 6/27/19 reference post #208 here:
CO - CO - Bruce, 27, Debra, 26, & Melissa Bennett, 7, Aurora, 16 Jan 1984
7/24/19 Update: The attorneys for the Nevada inmate accused of four 1984 hammer murders in the Denver area want another timeout in the fight over his extradition to Colorado – their fourth request for a delay in the case. Ewing’s final brief was due Wednesday. “Mr. Ewing and his counsel are unable to complete and file a reply brief by the above deadline,” attorney Martin H. Wiener wrote in a motion filed Tuesday night. Heather Proctor, chief deputy attorney general for Nevada, immediately filed a motion opposing Wiener’s request for more time. It is not clear how soon the Nevada Supreme Court will take action on Wiener’s motion. They want an additional 60 days. ~Sept. 24th.
9/26/29 Update: Lawyers filed extension for extradition for 60 days. Judge denies motions – give defense until 10/2 to file final extradition paperwork.
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O/t
Hope you had a wonderful trip, thanks as always for all your updates!
 
Hammer murder suspect's lawyer lashes out at Nevada court in ongoing effort to block extradition to Colorado
Ewing faces multiple charges in killings of Patricia Louise Smith and Bruce, Debra and Melissa Bennett. It's unclear when the court may rule on extradition appeal.

October 4, 2019

"...Although he had already asked for – and been granted – multiple delays, attorney Martin Wiener objected to an order last week by the Nevada Supreme Court that he file his final appeal paperwork by the end of the day Thursday.

According to Nevada court records, he filed it at 11:52 p.m. – 12:52 a.m. Denver time. That was eight minutes before the deadline....

It is not clear what the Nevada Supreme Court will do next – it can hold oral arguments, or it can rule on the briefs that have been filed...."

Hammer murder suspect's lawyer lashes out at Nevada court in ongoing effort to block extradition to Colorado
 
@YESorNO - when you get back - any updates for this case? TIA! :)


and I looked in Nevada & Colorado court sites - he is in neither one of them....
 
Not sure IF this is a new article or note - all this week I have been getting google alerts of cases that are a couple of years old and they have current date on the article, but NOT current info in the articles. Hoping this IS current.

Nevada judge denies alleged hammer killer’s attempt to avoid extradition to Colorado


DENVER — A Nevada judge denied Alexander Christopher Ewing’s appeal challenging extradition to Colorado Friday. Ewing is accused of killing four people in the Denver area in 1984.

“Barring Ewing’s attempt to appeal this ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, Ewing will be brought to Colorado as soon as possible,” Colorado’s 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said in a statement.
[.....]
The DA’s office says Ewing’s court dates will be set once he is in custody in Colorado.
 
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