Snapped — Donna Trapani
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1999 · Orion Township, Michigan
Martha Gail Fulton
A library employee killed in a murder-for-hire plot
Martha Gail Fulton was leaving her job at the Orion Township Public Library when she was killed in October 1999. Investigators traced the shooting to a plot involving Donna Trapani, who had been involved with Fulton’s husband, and people recruited from Florida. Separate juries convicted Trapani and Sybil Padgett of first-degree murder and conspiracy. Michigan’s Court of Appeals affirmed those convictions in 2003. The federal habeas decision provides another detailed record of Trapani’s unsuccessful challenge.
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People v. Trapani and People v. Padgett
The joint appellate opinion describes the evidence concerning Gail Fulton’s murder and reviews the defendants’ challenges to their trials. It affirms both convictions and records the sentences; the document is an appellate ruling rather than the complete case file.
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Trapani v. Stovall: federal habeas decision
This federal opinion denies Donna Trapani’s petition for habeas relief. It summarizes the underlying prosecution and addresses the claims brought before that court, giving readers a primary legal source for the post-conviction history.
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan · January 17, 2006 · GovInfo
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