The Florida Supreme Court denied a death-sentence appeal
January 8th, 2010Bill Cotterell
Florida Capital Bureau
Florida Capital Bureau
Florida Capital Bureau
The Florida Supreme Court denied a death-sentence appeal Thursday in the case of a Fort Myers man who refused to let lawyers show mitigating facts that might have kept him off of Death Row.
After being found guilty of murder, the court said, Mark Twilegar waived a jury in the penalty phase of his trial. The ruling said he stated, “I would rather do the death penalty and just get it over with.” He filed an affidavit saying presentation of mitigating factors would violate his right to privacy, amount to an admission of guilt and violate his religious rights.
Twilegar was convicted of fatally shooting David Thomas in Fort Myers on Aug. 7, 2002.
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