Office of the Governor MEMO TO: David A. Dean FROM: Johnny R. McCollum JZ'/40 DATE: December 9, 1980 RE: Juan Enriquez, TDC #227122 • Austin, Texas 78711 Phone (512) 475-3901 oJrieti This afternoon Charls Walker, General Counsel for the Board of Pardons and Paroles, called me and stated that he had been talking about Juan Enriquez, TDC #227122, with John Davenport, who is supposedly Marvin Zindler's replacement. Mr. Davenport had told him that he intends to "embarrass" the Governor on Thursday at the Governor's news conference by asking him on television why he has denied Mr. Enriquez' parole. Several groups have taken an interest in Juan. Each year he comes up for parole, we get various groups lobbying for his parole. Juan Enriquez was first denied parole by Governor Briscoe in 1978, and then by Governor Clements in 1979. When Governor Clements denied Juan's parole, he had served 12 years and 11 months of one life sentence, four 99 year sentences and one 25 year sentence ( a total of 421 years plus life). Enriquez was convicted of murdering five separate people: his girl friend, her father, her mother, a young female he had abducted, and a highway patrolman. He was also convicted of an unrelated Assault With intent to Murder. He originally received the death penalty for the murder of the highway patrolman, but it was commuted to life when the death penalty was ruled unconstitutional by the U. S. Supreme Court. Although Mr. Enriquez has done well in prison, he committed one of the most heinous and vicious crime sprees in the history of the State. His parole was denied because of the extremely serious nature of his offenses and the loss of lives to five innocent victims. Attached is Mr. Enriquez' file. The Board of Pardons and Paroles reversed ' their prior decisions and denied Mr. Enriquez' parole this year. _joHNNY WOMAN_ Clemency Director