Barry McNeil, an attorney with the Dallas firm representing the men, said he will present several pieces of evidence that will prove the innocence of Ramirez, 56 and Sifuentes, 32.

He said there's an alibi witness - a woman who didn't testify at the either man's trial, even though she said she saw them at the Paradise Club in Lubbock about 2 a.m.

Cruz's 911 call was made at 2:08 a.m. Littlefield is about 35 miles northwest of Lubbock.

McNeil said he also has an affidavit from a Hockley County inmate who says two brothers jailed with him in August 1996 - around the time of the slaying - said they committed the crime, and bragged and laughed about it.

And, a woman who testified she saw Ramirez and Sifuentes coming out of the store about the time of the crime is mistaken, and prosecutors knew it at trial, McNeil said.

Video from surveillance cameras show the woman at the Town & Country convenience store, which is near the Jolly Roger, and at the Jolly Roger, but not around the time of the slaying, he said. The woman was at both stores about 90 minutes before the robbery, he said.

Ramirez and Sifuentes were not seen on the tapes, McNeil said.

The hearing will begin Monday and will probably last several days. The lawyers will return to court in September to present their arguments.