Dontae Morris to get new life sentence in third Tampa murder
Dontae Morris remains on death row for killing two Tampa police officers, but will receive a life sentence in a third murder.
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Updated Feb. 26
TAMPA â Dontae Morris will be sentenced to life in prison for the 2010 murder of Derek Anderson, but will remain on death row for killing two Tampa police officers.
In court Friday, Assistant State Attorney Scott Harmon announced that the state will allow Morris to be re-sentenced to life in prison for the Anderson murder. The move comes after a recent Florida Supreme Court decision which concluded that death sentences cannot be reinstated in cases where a jury was not unanimous.