Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 26, 2006 15:17:17 GMT -5
Jury says death penalty for Perry
A 12-member jury deliberated for 3 hours this afternoon before
recommending the death sentence for Leo Perry.
Both the defense and the state have 1 more chance to argue their sides on
Monday to Circuit Judge Linda Nobles who will decide whether to accept the
jury's recommendation.
Because he was convicted of 1st-degree murder, Perry's only other option
is life in prison without parole.
Perry, 37, slashed John Wallis Johnston 3 times in the throat and stabbed
him 4 times in and near his heart on Feb. 21, 1997. A hotel manager found
the 74-year-old man dead in his room at the Motel 6. Physical evidence at
the scene linked Perry to the slaying and a jury found him guilty in 1999
and sentenced him to death.
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the original sentence in 2001, ruling
that Circuit Judge Joseph Tarbuck erred when he allowed Perry's ex-wife to
testify about Perry's violent nature.
(source: Pensacola News Journal)
A 12-member jury deliberated for 3 hours this afternoon before
recommending the death sentence for Leo Perry.
Both the defense and the state have 1 more chance to argue their sides on
Monday to Circuit Judge Linda Nobles who will decide whether to accept the
jury's recommendation.
Because he was convicted of 1st-degree murder, Perry's only other option
is life in prison without parole.
Perry, 37, slashed John Wallis Johnston 3 times in the throat and stabbed
him 4 times in and near his heart on Feb. 21, 1997. A hotel manager found
the 74-year-old man dead in his room at the Motel 6. Physical evidence at
the scene linked Perry to the slaying and a jury found him guilty in 1999
and sentenced him to death.
The Florida Supreme Court overturned the original sentence in 2001, ruling
that Circuit Judge Joseph Tarbuck erred when he allowed Perry's ex-wife to
testify about Perry's violent nature.
(source: Pensacola News Journal)