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A death row inmate convicted of the 2010 torture and murder of a mentally disabled woman in Greensburg will stick with his court-appointed appeal attorney after previously attempting to fire him.
Ricky Smyrnes, 35, formerly of North Huntingdon, told Westmoreland County Judge Scott Mears he intends to keep Thomas Farrell on board.
“I cannot represent myself,” Smyrnes said Friday by video from SCI Phoenix in Montgomery County.
He was convicted in 2013 of first-degree murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection in connection with the fatal stabbing of 30-year-old Jennifer Daugherty in an apartment he shared with five others.
Horror History: Happy Birthday To Man, Myth & Legend, Derek Mears!
Happy Birthday To Man, Myth & Legend, Derek Mears from FRIDAY THE 13TH (2009), The Short-Lived SWAMP THING Series, and Much More!
On this day in horror history actor/stuntman,
Derek Mears was born in Bakersfield, California. Mears is best known as Jason Voorhees in Marcus Nispel’s 2009 remake of
Friday the 13th. He also played the titular character in DC’s series
Swamp Thing.
Mears is also known for
Cursed, The Hills Have Eyes, Pro-Life, The Hills Have Eyes 2, and
Resident Evil: Degeneration. Also
Predators, The Aggression Scale, Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters, Hatchet III, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, and