Judge David Finn had dismissed Battaglia's assault charge in a previous hearing. The year after the killings, he resigned his position as a judge and ran against incumbent Bill Hill for election as Dallas County district attorney. Pearle campaigned against Finn, stating that his ruling kept Battaglia out of prison, which allowed the father to kill his daughters. Finn lost the March 12 election when he received only 25% of the vote. See also List of people executed in Texas, 2010–2019 List of people executed in the United States in 2018 Other cases of filicide in Texas: Darlie Routier Andrea Yates Deanna Laney murders Dena Schlosser Ronald Clark O'Bryan Yaser Abdel Said Cases of filicide attributed to revenge against an ex-spouse: Elaine Campione Amy Hebert Murder of the Kumari-Baker sisters Charles Mihayo Aaron Schaffhausen Notes References Further media Videos External links IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TEXAS NO. AP-77, 069 JOHN DAVID BATTAGLIA, Appellant v. THE STATE OF TEXAS ON REVIEW OF AN ARTICLE 46.05 COMPETENCY TO BE EXECUTED HEARING FROM CAUSE NO. F01-52159-H IN CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 1 DALLAS COUNTY - RICHARDSON, J., delivered the opinion of the Court in which KELLER, P.J., and KEASLER, HERVEY, YEARY, NEWELL, KEEL, and WALKER, JJ. joined. ALCALA J. filed a dissenting opinion. (See document, See profile at Justia, Document at Findlaw) - Decided: September 20, 2017 Dissenting opinion by Alcala Battaglia v. Stephens United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. 824 F.3d 470 (5th Cir. 2016) - Casetext 1955 births 2001 murders in the United States 2018 deaths 20th-century American businesspeople 21st-century executions by Texas 21st-century executions of American people American accountants American murderers of children American people executed for murder American people of Italian descent Businesspeople from Texas Dumont High School alumni Filicides in Texas Incidents of violence against girls Military personnel from Dallas People convicted of domestic violence People convicted of murder by Texas People executed by Texas by lethal injection United States Marines