This goes way back - in 1993 my husband's friend's brother was killed at a Chuck E Cheese where he worked.
DENVER -- The man convicted of killing four people at a pizza restaurant in 1993 lost another round in his battle to avoid execution on Monday when the Colorado Supreme Court rejected his claim that his legal defense was ineffective.
The justices ordered that the trial court set a date for Nathan J. Dunlap's execution.
Dunlap's attorney, Philip Cherner, said he would ask the court to reconsider. If that fails, Cherner said, he will launch an appeal through the federal courts.
"We believe our appeal has merit and we will eventually prevail," he said.
Dunlap, 33, was convicted in 1996 of shooting five people at a Chuck E Cheese restaurant in suburban Aurora when he was 19. Four of the victims died.
Dunlap was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, robbery, theft and burglary for the Chuck E Cheese shootings on Dec. 14, 1993.
Employees Sylvia Crowell, 19; Benjamin Grant, 17; Margaret Kohlberg, 50; and Colleen O'Connor, 17, were shot to death.
Bobby Stephens survived and later identified Dunlap as the murderer.
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DENVER -- The man convicted of killing four people at a pizza restaurant in 1993 lost another round in his battle to avoid execution on Monday when the Colorado Supreme Court rejected his claim that his legal defense was ineffective.
The justices ordered that the trial court set a date for Nathan J. Dunlap's execution.
Dunlap's attorney, Philip Cherner, said he would ask the court to reconsider. If that fails, Cherner said, he will launch an appeal through the federal courts.
"We believe our appeal has merit and we will eventually prevail," he said.
Dunlap, 33, was convicted in 1996 of shooting five people at a Chuck E Cheese restaurant in suburban Aurora when he was 19. Four of the victims died.
Dunlap was convicted of first-degree murder, attempted murder, robbery, theft and burglary for the Chuck E Cheese shootings on Dec. 14, 1993.
Employees Sylvia Crowell, 19; Benjamin Grant, 17; Margaret Kohlberg, 50; and Colleen O'Connor, 17, were shot to death.
Bobby Stephens survived and later identified Dunlap as the murderer.
Dunlap was a former employee of the restaurant.