Legal Opinion
TAI A. PHAM v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 16, 2011No. SC08-2355PublishedCited by 43 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 following reasons, we affirm Pham’s conviction and sentence.
Overview
On March 7, 2008, Tai Pham (Pham) was convicted in Seminole County for the first-degree murder of his estranged wife Phi Pham (Phi), the attempted first-degree murder of her boyfriend Christopher Higgins (Higgins), the armed kidnapping of his stepdaughter Lana Pham (Lana), and armed burglary. Pham entered Phi’s apartment where her oldest…
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