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    Emmett Taylor III - Delaware








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    Emmett Taylor III was sentenced to death for the 2007 murder of his fiancee days before they were to be wed. Taylor was convicted in the bludgeoning death of Stephanie V. Mumford, 44, of Millsboro. The same jury recommended the death penalty for Taylor with an 11-1 vote. Mumford's body was found the night of August 14, 2007, in the condominium she shared with Taylor at Fairfield at Long Neck, east of Millsboro. Mumford's family got worried when the couple didn't show up for their wedding rehearsal and began to search for her. Prosecutor Paula Ryan said Mumford was savagely beaten -- including being pushed down stairs and then later being dragged back up them. "There was the use of a frying pan to strike her," Ryan said. "She was assaulted throughout the town house."

    Taylor was sentenced to death on March 12, 2010.

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    Delaware courts: Killer of fiancee gets death

    Emmett Taylor to be executed for 2007 murder

    Emmett Taylor III, 47, will be executed by lethal injection for the 2007 murder of his fiancee days before they were to be wed, a Sussex County judge ruled Friday.

    Taylor was convicted in November by a jury in the bludgeoning death of Stephanie V. Mumford, 44, of Millsboro. The same jury recommended the death penalty for Taylor with an 11-1 vote.

    Superior Court Judge E. Scott Bradley concurred in a ruling Friday, according to a news release by Attorney General Beau Biden's office.

    "Emmett Taylor's conviction and today's sentence ensures that justice for Stephanie Mumford will be served," Biden said in the release.

    Mumford's body was found the night of Aug. 14, 2007, in the condominium she shared with Taylor at Fairfield at Long Neck, east of Millsboro.

    Mumford's family got worried when the couple didn't show up for their wedding rehearsal and began to search for her.

    Prosecutor Paula Ryan said Mumford was savagely beaten -- including being pushed down stairs and then later being dragged back up them.

    "There was the use of a frying pan to strike her," Ryan said. "She was assaulted throughout the town house."

    Because Taylor was convicted of aggravated assault in Mississippi several years ago, Ryan said, the conviction qualified for the death penalty.

    Ryan said Mumford's death had a significant impact on the community.

    "She was an employee at Walmart in Georgetown and had a very large extended family in the area," Ryan said.

    Cases where the death penalty is imposed require an automatic appeal by the defendant.

    "I anticipate they will also file a specific appeal in addition to the automatic appeal," Ryan said.

    Attorneys for Taylor could not be reached Friday afternoon.

    http://www.delawareonline.com/articl...0317/1006/NEWS

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    Del. Supreme Court Upholds Taylor Murder Conviction

    The state Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a Millsboro man sentenced to death for fatally beating his fiancee with a frying pan just days before their scheduled wedding.

    Attorneys for Emmett Taylor III argued that the trial judge improperly prevented them from seeking a verdict of guilty but mentally ill over Taylor's objections. They also challenged Taylor's conviction for abuse of a corpse and said the trial judge arbitrarily and capriciously imposed the death penalty.

    In a ruling issued this week, the Supreme Court rejected all of those arguments and upheld Taylor's conviction in the August 2007 murder of Stephanie V. Mumford.

    Mumford was found dead in the Millsboro townhouse she shared with Taylor after the couple did not show up for their wedding rehearsal. Taylor was arrested three days later in Washington, D.C.

    During Taylor's murder trial in 2009, prosecutors said he attacked Mumford because he was mad that she did not make him dinner after a long day of work.

    http://www.wboc.com/story/15452884/s...der-conviction

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Taylor's petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was DENIED.
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    On September 8, 2014, Taylor filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    http://dockets.justia.com/docket/del...4cv01139/55700

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    Supreme Court vacates death sentences for Powell and 12 others

    DOVER — The Delaware Supreme Court ruled Thursday the death sentence for convicted murderer Derrick Powell must be vacated.

    Although the court specifically addressed Powell, it also said its August ruling of the unconstitutionality of the state’s capital punishment statute was a “watershed” one that must be applied retroactively.

    It appears, thus, that the other 12 men on death row will instead have their penalty changed to life in prison, although they may have to formally appeal their death convictions.

    Powell, sentenced to death in 2011 for the 2009 killing of Georgetown police officer Chad Spicer, was appealing his punishment after the court’s August ruling. Justices heard arguments last week and released their decision Thursday, unanimously concluding Powell could not be executed after being sentenced under a statute since thrown out.

    While the news was welcome for some, others disagreed.

    “I think justice for the family and justice for the victims of these crimes is definitely not being served by having these sentences that were duly handed down overturned, but that’s the system that we live in right now,” Sen. Brian Pettyjohn, a Georgetown Republican who attended the hearing last week in support of the Spicer family, said Thursday.

    The August decision is a “watershed rule of criminal procedure,” meaning it meets the standard to apply retroactively, the justices wrote in their findings Thursday.

    Before the summer ruling, “the burden of proof was governed by the lesser standard of a preponderance of the evidence set forth in Delaware’s death penalty statute,” they wrote.

    In prior cases where the Delaware Supreme Court threw out the death penalty, justices ruled it applied retroactively, meaning the individuals on death row at the time had their sentences changed to life in prison.

    August’s ruling came about after a similar federal Supreme Court decision. Delaware justices found the state’s death penalty violated the Sixth Amendment, which guarantees right to a trial by jury. The law did not require the jury to rule unanimously on whether aggravating circumstances outweighed mitigating factors and gave the judge final discretion to sentence death.

    Chief Public Defender Brendan O’Neill, whose office represented Powell when he was charged with murder, applauded the decision.

    “I think the Delaware Supreme Court made the right decision. He was sentenced to death under a death penalty scheme that was unconstitutional, so I think it appropriate that the court not allow the state to execute him,” he said.

    “No doubt Mr. Powell committed a horrible crime for which he’s going to spend the rest of his life in jail but I think we need to keep in mind that five of the jurors who heard that case voted for a life sentence.”

    The Department of Justice declined to comment.

    Several justices appeared skeptical of the arguments set forth by the state last week, a fact noted by Sen. Pettyjohn, who said he “almost expected the ruling” handed down Thursday.

    While Delaware currently has no death penalty, 15 Republican lawmakers announced in August they intend to bring legislation to reinstate it. The House of Representatives voted down a repeal attempt last year, but the Senate may have the votes to block a bill bringing back capital punishment.

    Gov.-elect John Carney, a Democrat, said in October he would “probably” veto legislation reinstating capital punishment.

    http://delawarestatenews.net/news/su...and-12-others/

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    Millsboro man on death row re-sentenced to life in prison

    SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. - A Millsboro man who was convicted of murdering his fiancée days before their wedding has been re-sentenced, Delaware Department of Justice officials said.

    Emmett Taylor was originally sentenced to death row for beating Stephanie Mumford to death in 2007. His death sentence was vacated and today he was re-sentenced to life in prison, officials said.

    Delaware's death penalty was overturned last year by the Delaware Supreme Court over claims that it was unconstitutional and allowed judges too much discretion.

    At the time of the crime, police say friends and family became concerned after neither Mumford or Taylor showed up to their wedding rehearsal dinner. Mumford was later found dead with evidence of a struggle throughout their home.

    http://www.wmdt.com/news/delaware/mi...ison/468586497

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