PAUL A BROWN Death Row Case Summary

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DC Number:  019762 Name:  BROWN, PAUL A Race:  WHITE Sex:  MALE Hair Color:  BLACK Eye Color:  BLUE Height:  5'09'' Weight:  198 lbs. Birth Date:  02/26/1950 Initial Receipt Date:  03/05/1987 Current Facility:  UNION C.I. Current Custody:  MAXIMUM Current Release Date:  DEATH SENTENCE

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Aliases:
PAUL A BROWN	PAUL ALFRED BROWN

Scars, Marks, and Tattoos:
Type	Location	Description
TATTOO	LEFT ARM	CHINA MAN
TATTOO	OTHER	NUMEROUS TT ON BODY
TATTOO	RIGHT HAND	13

Current Prison Sentence History:
Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
03/20/1986	1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT.	03/02/1987	HILLSBOROUGH	8604084	DEATH SENTENCE
03/20/1986	BURGLARY ASSAULT ANY PERSON	03/02/1987	HILLSBOROUGH	8604084	SENTENCED TO LIFE
03/20/1986	1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT.(ATTEMPTED)	03/02/1987	HILLSBOROUGH	8604084	30Y 0M 0D
03/20/1986	ROBB. GUN/DEADLY WPN	10/06/1986	HILLSBOROUGH	8604083	30Y 0M 0D
03/20/1986	1ST DG MUR/PREMED. OR ATT.(ATTEMPTED)	10/06/1986	HILLSBOROUGH	8604083	30Y 0M 0D

Note: The offense descriptions are truncated and do not necessarily reflect the crime of conviction. Please refer to the court documents or the Florida Statutes for further information or definition.

Incarceration History:
Date In-Custody	Date Out-of-Custody
03/05/1987	Currently Incarcerated

Prior Prison History: (Note: Data reflected covers periods of incarceration with the Florida Dept.of Corrections since January of 1983)
Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Prison Sentence Length
06/30/1972	BURGUNOCCSTRUC/CV OR ATT.	07/21/1972	HILLSBOROUGH		5Y 0M 0D
10/01/1972	ESCAPE	10/02/1972	CHARLOTTE		1Y 0M 0D
08/25/1976	ESCAPE	05/14/1973	ALACHUA		2Y 6M 0D
06/30/1975	ESCAPE	07/17/1975	DESOTO		15Y 0M 0D
01/02/1978	ESCAPE	02/19/1980	DESOTO		3Y 0M 0D

Prior Community Supervision History: (Note: Data reflected covers periods of community supervision with the Florida Dept.of Corrections since January of 1983)
Offense Date	Offense	Sentence Date	County	Case No.	Community Supervision Length
06/16/1972	BURGL-FORCED ENTRY-NONRESIDENC	07/21/1972	HILLSBOROUGH		2Y 0M 0D

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Circumstances of Offense:

Paul Anthony Brown was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Roger Hensley on 11/05/92.

Paul Anthony Brown moved from Tennessee to Daytona Beach in October of 1992. He met Scott Jason McGuire and the two spent several weeks abusing drugs and alcohol together. Brown decided to go back to Tennessee, however, had no means of getting back, and McGuire’s vehicle was immobile.

Brown and McGuire met Roger Hensley, the victim, outside a bar on 11/05/92. The three men returned to Hensley’s apartment to have a beer and smoke marijuana. At one point, Hensley invited Brown and McGuire to stay the night, and then he retired to bed. According to McGuire’s court testimony, Brown told him that he was going to shoot Hensley and steal his vehicle. McGuire was concerned about the loud sound that a gunshot would produce, so Brown obtained two knives from the kitchen and motioned to McGuire that he would slit Hensley’s throat. McGuire reportedly threw the knife down and refused to participate in the murder. At that point, Brown said he would do it himself, but ordered McGuire to block the doorway, so that Hensley could not escape. Brown entered the bedroom and began to stab Hensley. McGuire heard Hensley exclaim “No!” and upon entering the room, he saw Hensley drenched in blood and gasping for air.

Brown found the keys to Hensley’s vehicle and the two men fled to Tennessee. Brown was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on 11/08/92 for his involvement in a Tennessee bank robbery. When the FBI questioned him, Brown confessed to partaking in the murder of a Florida man, but implicated McGuire as the one responsible for slitting Hensley’s throat.

Codefendant Information:

Scott Jason McGuire pled guilty to Second-Degree Murder for his part in the murder of Roger Hensley on 11/05/92. On 09/28/93, McGuire was sentenced to 40 years in prison.