U.S. MAN SENTECED TO DIE FOR MURDER BLAIMED ON ALIENS
Sun, 31 Mar 1996
space aliens forced him to murder two women was sentenced Friday
to die for his crimes.
Robert Joe Moody had asked to be executed, saying that
extraterrestrial beings would then resurrect him to prove their
existence.
In winning a conviction in the bizarre case last October,
prosecutors scoffed at Moody's claims of alien influence and
contended that he killed the two Tucson women to get money to
support his drug habit.
Moody knew both of his victims. Michelle Malone, 33, was
shot to death on November 15, 1993. Five days later, Patricia
Magda, 55, was fatally bludgeoned.
``We have finally come to the point where I get my birthday
wish,'' Moody, who turned 37 Friday, told Superior Court Judge
Howard Hantman before his sentencing. ``I hope you grant the
appropriate sentence to allow me to complete my mission.''
Courtroom observers said the unrepentant Moody seemed
pleased when the judge sentenced him to receive the death
penalty. The victims' families packed the courtroom for Friday's
hearing.
At a hearing last week, a defense psychologist testified
that Moody -- who represented himself during his three-week
trial -- suffered from multiple personality disorder.
But the prosecution presented experts who said he was
mentally competent at the time of the murders.
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