Legal Opinion
Kim Jackson v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided August 27, 2015No. SC13-2090PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
This case is before the Court on appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the conviction and the death sentence.
FACTS
Debra Pearce was stabbed to death in her kitchen on or around October 17, 2004. The murder remained unsolved until 2008, when DNA from a hair found on ‘Pearce’s body was matched to Kim Jackson and a fingerprint found in blood on the sink above Pearce’s body was also matched to Jackson.
The Murder
Pearce was last seen by her mother between…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- Enmund v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Tison v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- STATE OF FLORIDA v. DANIEL LAMONT SEPHESDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
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