Quisi Bryan

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| conviction_status = Incarcerated; scheduled to be executed on November 15, 2028

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| conviction = Aggravated murder
Attempted murder
Attempted robbery
Carrying a concealed weapon
Weapon under disability
Tampering with evidence
Theft
Sexual battery
Abduction
Impersonating a police officer
Rape
Kidnapping{{cite web|url=https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A399595|title=Offender Details: Quisi Bryan|website=Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction}}

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| apprehended = June 25, 2000

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Quisi Bryan (born October 2, 1970){{cite web|url=https://appgateway.drc.ohio.gov/OffenderSearch/Search/Details/A399595|title=QUISI BRYAN|publisher=Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction|access-date=November 23, 2021}} is an American man convicted of murdering Cleveland police officer Wayne Leon during a traffic stop in 2000. Bryan is on death row in Ohio and is scheduled to be executed on November 15, 2028.

Crimes

On June 25, 2000, police officer Wayne Leon pulled Bryan over for a traffic violation at a gas station in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio at E. 40th St. and Community College Boulevard.{{cite news |last1=Heisig |first1=Eric |title=Cleveland cop killer Quisi Bryan to be executed in 2022, Ohio Supreme Court orders |url=https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2017/12/cleveland_cop_killer_quisi_bry.html |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=Cleveland.com |date=December 12, 2017}}{{cite news |title=Execution date set for man who killed Cleveland police officer at a gas station in 2000 |url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/oh-cuyahoga/execution-date-in-2022-set-for-man-who-killed-cleveland-police-officer |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=News5 Cleveland |date=December 12, 2017}} Bryan shot Leon in the face, killing him instantly.

=Legal proceedings=

Bryan was found guilty of murdering Leon and was subsequently sentenced to death.

In 2015, federal public defenders Lori Riga and Alan Rossman represented Bryan on an appeal to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Judge James G. Carr overturned Bryan's case because prosecutors improperly tried to remove a prospective black juror from Bryan's trial because of her race.{{cite news |last1=Hesig |first1=Eric |title=Federal judge orders new trial for man convicted of killing Cleveland Officer Wayne Leon in 2000 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2015/07/federal_judge_orders_new_trial.html |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=Cleveland.com |date=July 17, 2015}}

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed Carr's decision 2-1 in December 2016, ruling that the Toledo federal judge "improperly substituted its interpretation of the evidence for the findings of the trial judge." The United States Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the Sixth Circuit's decision.

Bryan was scheduled to be executed on October 26, 2022, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. On June 24, 2022, Bryan's execution was delayed to January 7, 2026.{{cite news|last=Tobias|first=Andrew J.|date=24 June 2022|title=Gov. Mike DeWine grants execution reprieve to Quisi Bryan, who was convicted of killing Cleveland police officer|url=https://www.cleveland.com/news/2022/06/gov-mike-dewine-grants-execution-reprieve-to-quisi-bryan-who-was-convicted-of-killing-cleveland-police-officer.html|access-date=25 June 2022|publisher=Cleveland.com}} On June 20, 2025, his execution was once again delayed to November 15, 2028.{{Cite web |last=Carey |first=Tyler |date=June 20, 2025 |title=Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine delays execution for man convicted of killing Cleveland Police Officer Wayne Leon in 2000 |url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/crime/ohio-gov-mike-dewine-delays-execution-quisi-bryan-convicted-killing-cleveland-police-officer-wayne-leon-2000/95-b3d91faa-652f-4d28-afdd-b3da8647eb9f# |access-date=June 20, 2025 |website=WKYC}}

=Sexual assaults=

In 2007, Bryan pled guilty to several sexual assaults that happened prior to his 2000 crime and was sentenced to up to 48 years in prison. In April 2017, he was resentenced to 22 years in prison for the assaults after the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that judges in five Cuyahoga County rape cases wrongly applied sentences to the law at the time the crime occurred.{{cite news |title=Death row inmate Quisi Bryan re-sentenced for rape |url=https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/local/cuyahoga-county/death-row-inmate-quisi-bryan-re-sentenced-for-rape/95-428746964 |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=WKCY |date=April 5, 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Hesig |first1=Eric |title=Nation's high court won't hear Cleveland cop killer Quisi Bryan's case |url=https://www.cleveland.com/court-justice/2017/10/nations_high_court_wont_hear_c.html |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=Cleveland.com |date=October 2, 2017}}

In 2014, Bryan was convicted of raping and kidnapping a woman on March 15, 1994, by the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.{{cite news |last1=Dissell |first1=Rachel |title=Jury finds death row inmate Quisi Bryan guilty in 1994 rape case |url=https://www.cleveland.com/rape-kits/2014/02/jury_xxxxx_death_row_inmate_qu.html |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=Cleveland.com |date=February 27, 2014}} The jury found Bryan not guilty on a second count of rape against the same woman that stemmed from the same incident. Judge David Matia sentenced Bryan to a maximum of 50 years in prison.{{cite news |last1=Dissell |first1=Rachel |title=Death row inmate Quisi Bryan sentenced to 20 to 50 years in prison for 1994 rape |url=https://www.cleveland.com/rape-kits/2014/02/death_row_inmate_quisi_bryan_s.html |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=Cleveland.com |date=February 28, 2014}} Bryan was charged with the crime after the woman's rape kit was tested and Bryan's DNA matched. The victim testified at trial that Bryan led her at knife point behind a vacant home on East 93rd Street in Cleveland into an abandoned car and raped her twice.{{cite news |last1=Volante |first1=Monica |title=Quisi Bryan Sentenced in Rape, Kidnapping Case |url=https://fox8.com/news/quisi-bryan-sentenced-in-rape-kidnapping-case/ |access-date=23 November 2021 |publisher=Fox8 |date=February 28, 2014}} She stated that Bryan threatened to kill her if she did not cooperate.