The following was released by the State Attorney’s Office for the 14th Judicial Circuit

Pensacola man convicted of First Degree Murder in Marianna

State Attorney Steve Meadows announces the conviction, in Jackson County Circuit Court, of Harry Davis, on a charge of First Degree Murder.

A 12-member jury deliberated just two hours before finding that Davis, BM, DOB: 11-7-1982, Pensacola, murdered Peggy Williams, in her Marianna home, on August 4, 2007. During the four day trial, Assistant State Attorney Mark Sims presented testimony that Davis struck his victim with a microwave oven, a frying pan, and a liquid-filled bucket, in addition to stabbing her seven or eight times. Most stab wounds were in the head. The jury apparently rejected the defense than an unknown hitch hiker actually committed the murder.

The jury will return on Friday, October 10th, at 1 p.m., to consider whether to recommend death or life. In Florida, the trial judge imposes sentence but must give great weight to the recommendation of the jury. The jury will have two choices: death, or life without possibility of parole.

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Pensacola Man Guilty of Killing Jackson County Woman
10/09/08 - 05:18 PM

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A 12-person jury found Harry James Davis guilty of first degree murder Thursday, setting up a penalty phase in the case Friday.

The state is seeking the death penalty, but jurors could recommend a life sentence instead.

Jurors deliberated two hours before finding Davis guilty of killing Peggy Allen Williams in her Marianna home in August of 2007. She was beaten and stabbed to death.