TAMPA, Fla. — Adam Davis was 19 in December 1999 when he was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend's mother.
- New sentencing hearing for Adam Davis, convicted in 1998 murder
- Jurors were split on his sentence in 1999. Law now calls for unanimous decision
- Davis, Valessa Robinson and John Whispel convicted in death of Robinson's mother Vicki
Now, he may have a chance to get off death row.
Vicki Robinson was a 49-year-old realtor in the Carrolwood area of Tampa. He daughter Valessa was 15 and dating Davis when the couple plotted to kill her.
Investigators said the couple and a friend, John Whispel stabbed Vicki Robinson and injected her with a bleach-filled syringe on June 27, 1998. Vicki Robinson had objected to Valessa and Davis' relationship.
Vicki Robinson's body was found in a trash can near her home.
The trio was apprehended days later in Texas.
Davis was convicted and given the death penalty. Jurors, however, were split on his sentence and the law now calls for a unanimous decision on the death penalty.
Valessa Robinson was convicted of third-degree murder and served 13 years in prison. Whispel was sentenced to 25 years and is eligble for parole this year.
A new hearing may result in Davis getting life in prison.
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Adam Davis was 19 in December 1999 when he was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend's mother. Now, he may have a chance to get off death row. (Hillsborough County Jail)