Legal Opinion
Emilia L. Carr v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 5, 2015No. SC11-476PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Per curiam
Emilia L. Carr appeals her conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death. For the reasons below, we affirm.1
BACKGROUND
This case involves a love triangle between the victim, Heather Strong, her estranged husband, Joshua Fulgham, and the defendant, Emilia Carr, that ended when Carr and Fulgham carried out their plan to murder Strong.
The evidence at trial, which included several statements from Carr, established that Strong “wouldn’t come within five feet” of Carr because Carr had previously attacked Strong with a knife. So, on the evening of February 15, 2009, Fulgham lured Strong to…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
- State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Pagan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Brandy Bain Jennings v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2022
- Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Zachary Taylor Wood v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Reginald L. Henry v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
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