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Date: 10-15-2021
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Case Number: 142017CF000129CFAXMA
Judge: Don T. Hall
Court: 12th Circuit Court, DeSoto County, Florida
Plaintiff's Attorney: DeSoto County District Attorney's Office
Defendant's Attorney:
Description: Arcadia, FL: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with three counts of first-degree capital murder.
Marian Williams, age 49, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, arson and burglary of an occupied dwelling which result in the death of three children.
Williams, who did not take the stand, killed 8-year-old Kiani Clark, 10-year-old Marcus Clark, and 4-year-old Kemaren Clark in 2017 after setting a home on fire that was owned by her ex-boyfriend Arnold Mele, the boy’s grandfather.
1 782.04.1a1 HOMICIDE WILFUL KILL-MURDER PREMEDITATED 06/27/2017 Prosecutor:Filed
2 782.04.1a1 HOMICIDE WILFUL KILL-MURDER PREMEDITATED 06/27/2017 Prosecutor:Filed
3 782.04.1a1 HOMICIDE WILFUL KILL-MURDER PREMEDITATED 06/27/2017 Prosecutor:Filed
4 782.04.1a1 ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE 09/13/2021 Prosecutor:Filed
5 782.04.1a1 ATTEMPTED MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE 09/13/2021 Prosecutor:Filed
6 806.01.1 ARSON-FIRST DEGREE 09/13/2021 Prosecutor:Filed
7 810.02.3A BURGLARY OF OCCUPIED DWELLING 09/13/2021 Prosecutor:Filed
8 810.02.2a BURGLARY OF STRUCTURE/CONVEYANCE/DWELLING WITH ASSAULT OR B 09/13/2021 Prosecutor:Filed
Outcome: Defendant was found guilty on all counts.
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