A woman was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the slaying of a lottery winner in central Florida and was sentenced to mandatory life without parole by a judge who called her “cold, calculating and cruel.”

Dorice “Dee Dee” Moore showed no emotion as the verdict was read. Judge Emmett Battles sentenced her to an additional minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years for using a gun in the commission of a felony. Moore has 30 days to appeal.

“I can sleep good at night because I know I had done the very best job,” said defense attorney Byron Hileman. “I feel sad for the victim. I feel sad for their families. I feel sad for the defendant because these types of cases are no-win situations.” Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before finding Moore guilty of the first-degree murder charge prosecutors had lodged against her in the death of Abraham Shakespeare, who won millions in 2006. Shakespeare’s mother was in the courtroom, but showed no emotion.

“She got every bit of his money,‘’ said Assistant State Attorney Jay Pruner in closing arguments. “He found out about it and threatened to kill her. She killed him first.‘’

Hileman argued that there were other potential suspects whom prosecutors refused to consider.

Prosecutors said Moore befriended Shakespeare in late 2008, claiming she was writing a book about how people were taking advantage of him. They claimed Moore later became his financial adviser, eventually controlling every asset he had left, including an expensive home, the debt owed to him and a $1.5 million annuity. She ultimately swindled Shakespeare out of his dwindling fortune, then shot him and buried his body under a concrete slab in her backyard, Pruner said.

In opening statements, Moore’s attorney told the jury that his client was trying to help protect Shakespeare‘s assets from a pending child-support case when he was killed by drug dealers who haven’t been caught.

Former inmate Rose Condora, who was locked up with Moore, said she visits her friend every night at the jail.

“She‘s not what people think she is. She did not kill that man,” Condora told reporters during a break in the trial. (AP)

 

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수십억 대 로또 당첨자의 '비참한 최후'

로또 당첨자 살인사건의 재판을 맡은 판사가 피고인에게 종신형을 선고하며 “차갑고 계산적이며 잔인한 사람”이라고 말했다.

피고 도리스 무어는 재판부가 평결을 내리는 순간에도 감정을 드러내지 않았다.

판사 에멧 베틀즈는 범행에 총기를 사용한 혐의로 무어에게 최소 25년 형을 내렸으며, 무어는 30일 안에 판결에 대해 항소 할 수 있다.

배심원들은 2006년 로또에 당첨돼 수백만 달러의 상금을 탄 아브라함 셰익스피어를 살해한 죄로 무어에게 1급 살인죄를 선고하기까지 3시간을 할애하며 신중한 모습을 보였다.

주 검사보 제이 프루너는 변론 말미에 “그녀는 그의 모든 돈을 다 가져갔다” 그 사실을 알아챈 셰익스피어가 그녀를 죽이려고 위협했기 때문에 그녀가 먼저 살해한 것이라고 말했다.

검찰은 셰익스피어와 무어 두 사람이 2008년 말에 친구가 되었으며, 무어는 당시 사람들이 어떻게 셰익스피어를 이용하는지에 대해 글을 쓰고 있었다고 주장했다.

무어는 후에 셰익스피어의 재정에 대해 조언해주기 시작했으며, 결국엔 150만 달러에 달하는 연금과 그의 집을 포함해 그가 남긴 모든 재산을 통제하기에 이르렀다고 말했다.

무어는 셰익스피어에게 사기를 친 뒤 그를 총기로 쏴 살해한 뒤 자신의 집 뒤뜰에 묻었다고 프루너가 말했다.

무어와 함께 수감됐었던 로즈 콘도라는 무어가 감옥 안에서 매일 밤 친구를 찾아갔다고 말하며 “그녀는 사람들이 생각하는 사람이 아니다. 그녀는 셰익스피어를 죽이지 않았다”고 기자들에게 말했다.