Case file · Florida circuit courts (Volusia, Dixie and other counties), United States
Aileen Carol Wuornos: charges, verdict and sentence
Wuornos
v.
State
Florida circuit courts (Volusia, Dixie and other counties), United States · 1991 to 2002
Aileen Wuornos was convicted at trial in Florida of first-degree murder and armed robbery for a 1989 killing and sentenced to death, and in 1992 entered no contest pleas to three further first-degree murders and three armed robbery counts, receiving further death sentences. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed in 1994 and she was executed by the State of Florida on 9 October 2002.
Where it stands nowWuornos was executed in Florida on 9 October 2002.
Charges and outcomes
| Charge | Outcome | Date |
|---|---|---|
| First-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm (December 1989 case, Volusia County investigation)1 | Convicted | January 1992 |
| First-degree murder, three counts, and armed robbery, three counts (1990 cases, indicted early 1991)2 | Convicted | 31 March 1992 |
Sentence
Death sentences on multiple first-degree murder convictions, plus prison terms on armed robbery counts. Carried out on 9 October 2002.
Court record, stage by stage
- indictmentIndicted on three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of armed robbery for 1990 offences2Florida Circuit Court
- sentencePenalty phase began after guilty verdicts on murder and armed robbery, and the jury recommended death by 12 to 01Florida Circuit Court, Seventh Judicial Circuit
- sentenceSentenced to death for murder and ten years for armed robbery in the first case1Florida Circuit Court
- verdictEntered no contest pleas on all six counts in the second set of cases, which the trial court accepted2Florida Circuit Court
- sentencePenalty phase jury recommended death by 10 to 2 and the court imposed death sentences on the murder counts2Florida Circuit Court
- appealFlorida Supreme Court affirmed the first conviction and death sentence1Supreme Court of Florida
- appealFlorida Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and death sentences entered on the no contest pleas2Supreme Court of Florida
- executionExecuted by the State of Florida3
Notable rulings
- Supreme Court of Florida, 22 September 1994. Held that evidence of other homicides was admissible as similar crimes evidence, the confession was not coerced, and errors in the cold, calculated and premeditated instruction were harmless.1
Sources
- Justia (Supreme Court of Florida opinion), Wuornos v. State, 644 So. 2d 1000 (Fla. 1994) (22 September 1994) · court or official record
- Justia (Supreme Court of Florida opinion), Wuornos v. State, 644 So. 2d 1012 (Fla. 1994) (6 October 1994) · court or official record
- Florida Department of Corrections, Execution List: 1976 to present · court or official record
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