Michael Dean Gonzales (born September 1, 1973)[1] is an American man convicted of capital murder in Texas and sentenced to death row.
[2] A medical examiner in the trial testified that Merced Aguirre's stab wounds were "too numerous to count.
[2][3] The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence and denied the defendant’s initial state habeas application.
Gonzales' death sentence was later thrown out because of improper trial testimony from a prison psychologist.
[5][4] The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the sentence and later dismissed the defendant's state habeas application.