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    Fred Anderson, Jr. - Florida Death Row




    Summary of Offense:

    Fred Anderson was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of a bank teller, which occurred while he was robbing the United Southern Bank in Mount Dora, Florida. Prior to the robbery of United Southern Bank and the murder of Heather Young, Fred Anderson was on community control for grand theft. As a condition of his community control, Anderson was ordered to pay $4,000 in restitution, but as of March 1999, he had only paid $100. Facing one year at a probation center for violating the conditions of his community control, Anderson decided to rob the United Southern Bank to get the money to pay his restitution. On March 18, 1999, Anderson stole a loaded revolver from one of his neighbors. The next day he visited the United Southern Bank to get the information he needed to thoroughly plan the robbery. Pretending to be a student doing research for a finance paper, he met with one of the bank managers. Anderson took particular note of where the bank’s security video was located.

    On March 20, 1999, Anderson returned to the United Southern Bank, bearing a gift of doughnuts and orange juice as token of his appreciation for the bank’s help with his finance paper. Heather Young and Marisha Scott were the only two employees there, since the bank was scheduled to close at noon. When no other customers were present, Anderson told Young and Scott that he was going out to his car to retrieve his business cards. Anderson returned with two loaded guns and ordered the women into the vault. Anderson demanded the women fill a trash can liner with money. Anderson asked the women who wanted to die first and began shooting. During the course of the robbery, Sherry Howard entered the bank with her children. She saw Anderson in the vault and heard gunshots. Howard quickly exited the bank and called the police. The first officer on the scene caught Anderson ripping a VCR containing the bank’s security video from the wall. The officer ordered Anderson to “drop the stuff” and Anderson complied. Once Anderson was arrested and the bank secured, paramedics entered to administer aid to the victims. Heather Young died in transit to the hospital and Marisha Scott survived, but was paralyzed, and eventually died from her injuries in 2015.

    Anderson was sentenced to death in Lake County on January 11, 2001.

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    On 02/12/01, Anderson filed a Direct Appeal in the Florida Supreme Court. In that appeal, Anderson did not raise any issues challenging the sufficiency of evidence against him. In regard to the penalty phase, he argued the consideration and application of aggravating and mitigating circumstances; specifically, the cold, calculated and premeditated (CCP) aggravator and pecuniary gain aggravator. Anderson also contended that the trial court erred by allowing testimony regarding blood pattern analysis and by admitting photographs of victim Marisha Scott into evidence. Anderson argued that improper comments made by a forensic serologist and by the prosecutor violated his right to a fair trial. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed his convictions and sentence of death on 09/25/03.

    Anderson next filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court on 12/18/03, which was denied 03/22/04.

    Anderson filed a 3.851 Motion with the Circuit Court on 03/18/05 and amended the motion on 12/19/05. On 01/23/06, an Evidentiary Hearing was held, and on 01/24/07, the court denied the motion.

    Anderson filed a 3.851 Motion Appeal with the Florida Supreme Court on 04/04/07 that was denied on 07/09/09.

    Anderson filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with the Florida Supreme Court that was denied on 07/09/09.

    Anderson filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with the U.S. District Court, Middle District, on 10/14/09 that is pending.

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    Oral arguments are scheduled for the 7th of September in the Eleventh Circuit.

    http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/calenda...rson_DPCAL.pdf

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    On May 12, 2014, Anderson's appeal was denied by the 11th Circuit.

    http://www.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/ops/201113921.pdf

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    On July 11, 2014, the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit DENIED Anderson's petition for en banc rehearing.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es\14-7499.htm

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    In today's orders, the United States Supreme Court declined to review Anderson's petition for certiorari.

    Appeals exhausted decision could result in an execution date.

    Lower Ct: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
    Case Nos.: (11-13921)
    Decision Date: May 12, 2014
    Rehearing Denied: July 11, 2014
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    Death row inmate avoids more murder charges from 1999 Mount Dora robbery

    By Millard Ives
    The Daily Commercial

    TAVARES — Prosecutors will not file murder charges against a death row inmate after a second teller died 16 years from being shot during a 1999 bank robbery.

    Marishia Scott had survived the shooting to testify from a wheelchair in 2001 against defendant Fred Anderson in the robbery of United Southern Bank in Mount Dora that left her co-worker Heather Young dead at the scene.

    The jury convicted Anderson of first-degree murder in 2001 in Young's murder and sentenced him to death.

    However, Scott died from her injuries at 41 years old in 2015, which led prosecutors to consider filing murder charges in her death.

    But Assistant State Attorney Rich Buxman said Thursday the family and law enforcement were against going through another murder trial because Anderson was "so far along" in the Young case and they didn't want anything to slow it down.

    "They didn't want anything to interfere with it," said Buxman, who replaced the now retired prosecutor in the case.

    No execution date has been set for the 48-year-old Anderson.

    Buxman added if something happens to take Anderson off death row in Young's murder, there is no statute of limitations to keep them from filing murder charges in the Scott murder.

    "Obviously we can charge him anytime," Buxman said.

    Scott's lawyer couldn't be reached for comment Thursday.

    According to officials, Anderson had pretended to be a college student doing a research paper on banking in order to scout the bank's security system on March 19, 1999. He had noticed the bank's surveillance video cassette recorder on the bank manager's desk.

    Scott and Young were the only employees on duty when Anderson walked into the bank the following day to thank the employees for help with the research paper — only to draw a pair of stolen guns, herd the women into the bank vault and order them to fill a trash bag with cash.

    At some point Anderson asked, "Which one of you guys wants to die first?" and began shooting with two .22-caliber handguns in a robbery of about $72,000.

    Young was pronounced dead at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds. The bullet went through Scott's neck, leaving her a quadriplegic.

    http://www.dailycommercial.com/news/...t-dora-robbery

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    The Florida Supreme Court denied Hurst relief today.

    http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/d...8/sc18-175.pdf
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    In today's orders, the US Supreme Court DENIED Anderson's certiorari petition. Justice Sotomayor dissented.

    Lower Ct: Supreme Court of Florida
    Case Numbers: (SC18-175)
    Decision Date: October 4, 2018
    Rehearing Denied: November 14, 2018

    https://www.supremecourt.gov/search....c/18-1306.html

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