On May 14th, 1984, defendants John Stumpf and Clyde Wesley knocked on the door of Norman and Mary Jane Stout and asked to use the phone. The record is clear on the initial events. After entering, Stumpf and Wesley pulled out guns. Stumpf held the...
Capital case
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The Crime and State Proceedings
On July 28, 1994, Gary Lawrence, with assistance from his ex-wife Brenda, brutally murdered Brenda’s lover, Michael Finken. See Lawrence v. State, 698 So.2d 1219, 1220 (Fla. 1997). While Michael was sleeping Gary and...