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    Robert Shannon Walker II - Florida



    Summary of Offense:

    Robert Walker was convicted and sentenced to death for the drug-related beating, kidnapping, and murder of David Hamman. On the evening of January 26, 2003, David Hamman, Leslie Ritter, and Loriann Gibson arrived at the apartment of Joel Gibson in the city of Palm Bay in Brevard County, Florida. Already inside were Gibson, Walker, and his girlfriend, Leigh Ford. Immediately following the arrival, Walker and Ford attacked Hamman beating him with various objects including a metal Maglite flashlight and a blackjack. Suspecting Hamman to be a Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, the couple forced Hamman and his companions to strip off their clothes in order to search for wires. After the search, Ritter and Loriann Gibson were confined to the back bedroom and Walker and Ford continued the attack, which lasted two to three hours. Sometime around midnight, Hamman escaped the apartment and ran a short distance down the road before being caught by Walker and Ford. The couple laid a tarp in the trunk of Ford’s car and forced Hamman to get in. Driving separately, Ford in her car and Walker in Hamman’s pickup truck, the couple reconvened at the Tom Lawton Recreation Area, a state park. Upon arrival, Hamman was forced, hands bound, to lie down with his back to the ground. Walker then shot Hamman six times in the face with a Llama .45-caliber pistol.

    Upon returning to the apartment, Walker asked Loriann Gibson and Ritter to drive him to Georgia in Hamman’s truck. They acquiesced, driving him as far as Live Oak, Florida, before leaving him at a gas station when he exited the vehicle to purchase a map. The two women then alerted a law enforcement officer of the events that had transpired the night before. Walker’s description was released and he was apprehended that morning at the Live Oak bus station. Walker’s recorded confession of shooting Hamman was played for the jury at trial. Loriann Gibson and Leslie Ritter also provided testimony in court.

    Walker was sentenced to death on December 13, 2004.

    Co-defendant information: Leigh Ford, convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, is currently serving two life sentences and a 15-year sentence.

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    WALKER II, Robert S (W/M)

    DC# 126605

    DOB: 12/20/71



    ***Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, Brevard County Case # 03-CF-32520

    Sentencing Judge: The Honorable Charles Holcomb

    Attorney, Trial: Kenneth Studstill

    Attorney, Direct Appeal: Baya Harrison – Private

    Attorney, Collateral Appeals: Marie-Louise Samuels Parmer, Maria Deliberato, & Nathaniel Plucker – CCRC-M

    Date of Offense: 01/27/03

    Date of Sentence: 12/13/04

    Codefendant Information:



    Leigh Ford



    Leigh Ford, convicted of First-Degree Murder, Kidnapping, and Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon, is currently serving two life sentences and a 15-year sentence.



    Additional Information:



    Walker is bipolar, according to the Initial Brief of Appellant.



    Trial Summary:



    01/28/03 Indicted as follows:

    Count I: First-Degree Murder

    Count II: Kidnapping

    Count III: Aggravated Battery

    07/27/04 Jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts of the indictment.

    07/28/04 Jury recommended death by a vote of 7-5.

    12/13/04 Sentenced as follows:

    Count I: First-Degree Murder – Death

    Count II: Kidnapping – 30 years

    Count III: Aggravated Battery – 15 years



    Appeal Summary:



    Florida Supreme Court – Direct Appeal

    FSC# 04-2381

    957 So.2d 560



    01/04/05 Appeal filed

    05/03/07 FSC affirmed conviction and death sentence

    05/25/07 Mandate issued



    Circuit Court – 3.851 Motion

    CC# 03-CF-32520



    07/11/08 Motion filed

    07/16/09 Evidentiary Hearing Held

    03/08/10 Motion granted in part/denied in part



    Florida Supreme Court – 3.851 Motion Appeal

    FSC# 10-638

    (Pending)



    04/08/10 Appeal filed by Walker

    04/08/10 Cross-appeal filed by State



    Case Information:



    On 01/04/05, Walker filed a direct appeal to the Florida Supreme Court. In his direct appeal, Walker raised seven issues pertaining to pretrial motions, the constitutionality of Florida’s death penalty, circumstantial evidence, the weighing of aggravating and mitigating factors, and the admission of potentially irrelevant and prejudicial photographic evidence. The issues were found to have no merit or not supported by evidence. The conviction and death sentence were affirmed by the Florida Supreme Court on 05/03/07. The Mandate was issued 05/25/07.



    On 07/11/08, Walker filed a 3.851 Motion to Vacate Judgment and Sentence in the Circuit Court. On 07/16/09 an Evidentiary Hearing was held. The Circuit Court granted the motion in part and denied the motion in part on 03/08/10.



    On 04/08/10, Walker filed a 3.851 Motion Appeal with the Florida Supreme Court. The State filed a cross-appeal on 04/08/10. This appeal is pending.

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    A post conviction court granted Walker relief on his sentence but denied his guilt phase claims. Both sides appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and oral arguments were held on the 9th of September.
    http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/p...es/index.shtml

    You can find the briefs here.
    http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/p...638/index.html

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    ROBERT SHANNON WALKER v STATE OF FLORIDA

    In today's opinions, the Florida Supreme Court AFFIRMED the trial court's order denying Walker‟s guilt-phase claims and granting a new penalty phase.
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    A man sentenced to death eight years ago for a brutal attack and killing in Brevard has been resentenced to spend his life in prison.

    Robert Shannon Walker appeared in court this morning in a green quilted smock, his ankles in chains and wrists in handcuffs. He was convicted of killing David Hamman in 2004 and by a seven-to-five vote, a jury recommended the death sentence.

    The Supreme Court later found that Walker’s defense attorney made mistakes in the sentencing phase of the trial, and a new sentencing was ordered. He was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole this morning.

    In January 2003, Walker and his girlfriend attacked Hamman at a Valkaria apartment. Drugs were involved, and federal agents later found a meth lab at the home.
    Walker and Leigh Ford severely beat Hamman before he was able to briefly escape. They then put him in the trunk of Ford’s car and drove him to a Palm Bay park, where Walker shot Hamman six times in the face.

    Walker spoke only briefly at the hearing to say that he didn’t want to continue any further appeals.

    Michelle Hamman described her brother as a cross between Adam Sandler and Larry the Cable Guy, both comedians.

    “This family has chosen to forgive Robert Walker, not for him, but for ourselves,” Hamman’s sister, she said during the hearing.

    She said the family looks forward to putting the court proceeding behind them, and said seeing Walker in court today was difficult.

    “It’s very hard,” she said. “The pain is always there.”

    http://www.floridatoday.com/article/...ed-life-prison

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