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Mar 12, 2020 · SALT LAKE CITY — He was sentenced to die nearly 30 years ago, but now a federal court has overturned the conviction of Utah death row inmate Von Lester Taylor, saying that he received ineffective counsel during his trial decades ago.
- preavy@deseretnews.com
Aug 29, 2023 · Von Lester Taylor, 58, has been on death row for over 32 years for a pair of grisly murders at a remote Weber Canyon cabin in 1990. During that time, he’s petitioned for a reduced sentence multiple times. On May 22, 2023, he filed his fifth appeal.
- Connor Thomas
Aug 1, 2021 · The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made its decision in the case of Von Lester Taylor, who was one of two defendants convicted in the Christmastime 1990 killings of a woman and her mother at...
- Dom Calicchio
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Mar 10, 2013 · It is unlikely he will ever be paroled. Von Taylor, right, remains on death row while appealing his sentence. Video: Three Days Before Christmas
Jul 30, 2021 · SALT LAKE CITY — Von Lester Taylor, whose conviction for shooting and killing a mother and daughter in Summit County was overturned, is now back on death row. On Friday, the 10th Circuit Court...
Oct 5, 2021 · Taylor was convicted for shooting and killing a mother and daughter in a vacant Summit County cabin on Dec. 22, 1990. Taylor in 2020 won an appeal to overturn his death sentence, but in July 2021 landed back on death row when the 10th Circuit of Appeals upheld his original convictions of two counts of capital murder.
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Jul 30, 2021 · Even if Von Lester Taylor did not fire the fatal shots in a 1990 triple shooting and kidnapping case, he cannot be considered innocent because Utah law makes accomplices as guilty as perpetrators, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday.
