(Yuba-Sutter, CA) — Over 30 years after the Lindhurst High School, school shooting, 52-year-old death row inmate Eric Houston is filing another appeal, claiming that a developmental disability should overturn his death sentence to life without the possibility of parole.  According to the Yuba County District Attorney, a Napa Judge has ordered a response to Houston’s appeal from the county.

On May 1, 1992, Houston, then 20, entered his former high school armed with a rifle and shotgun. He killed three students and one teacher, injured nine students and held over 80 students hostage during an 8-hour standoff.

The Yuba County District Attorney’s Office prosecuted Houston’s case, eventually culminating in a jury trial in Napa County due to a change in venue. Houston was found guilty of first degree murder, assault with a firearm and false imprisonment along with various special circumstances and enhancements. The second phase of trial also determined that he was legally sane at the time of the shooting.

Yuba County District Attorney Clint Curry said “A jury found Houston guilty and determined that he should receive the death penalty for his crimes. We will work to see that the conviction and sentence are upheld.”

This is the latest in a series of appeals that Houston has made over the years. All have been denied.