Marco Torres Jr., formerly of Pasadena, Texas, had sought post-conviction relief after being sentenced to death for two counts of first-degree murder and other counts in the robbery and shooting deaths of 48-year-old Timothy Donohue and 60-year-old Edward Hall.
On Friday, the state’s high court ruled that Torres filed his latest motion too late.
Torres had argued that two U.S. Supreme Court cases — decided in June 2015 and January 2016 — should overturn his death sentence. But the state Supreme Court said Nebraska law requires post-conviction motions to be filed within one year of such rulings.
Torres filed his latest motion in June 2017.