the morning of his arrest.
The murder conviction of Scott F. Doll stands.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his case, ending his chain of appeals on his conviction of murder in the death of Joseph Benaquist.
On Feb. 16, 2009, Doll killed Benaquist outside the victim's home using some sort of blunt object. The murder weapon was never located. Doll and Benaquist and been involved in car sales transactions in the past, and Benaquist may have been killed over a car deal gone wrong.
Doll was convicted in May 2010 following a 13-day jury trial in Genesee County Court.
Judge Robert C. Noonan gave Doll a 15-years-to-life prison term. Doll remains incarcerated and is eligible for parole in 2025.
Doll has pursued appeals through county court, district court and federal court. At each step, his attempts to overturn his conviction have been denied.
The Fourth Department upheld his conviction 3-2 on July 26, 2012.
Assistant district attorneys William G. Zickl and Melissa L. Cianfrini filed a 78-page brief with the state Court of Appeals in November 2012 opposing Doll's appeal to that court.
The case was argued before the court in Albany Sept. 3.
The court denied the appeal by unanimous decision Oct. 17.
Doll's attorneys then petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court and three days ago, the court handed down a written order denying the petition.
Among Doll's challenges was that he should have been read his rights after he was found walking on Lake Road in Pembroke in blood-covered overalls. The Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office has maintained that because there may have been a victim in need of medical assistance, the "emergency doctrine" applied and investigators were not required to read Doll's his Miranda warnings under those circumstances. It was hours after Doll was first approached on Lake Road before Benaquist's body was found. The statements Doll made during that time were used against him during his trial.
Doll isn't necessarily out of appeals. He could conceivably decide to appeal his conviction on other grounds, but he's out of appeals on the grounds that he wasn't properly read his rights.
