Jury finds Hiccup Girl guilty of first degree murder | Crime

CLEARWATER, Florida - After four hours of deliberations, a Pinellas County jury found Jennifer Mee guilty of murder in the first degree. A judge sentenced her to life in prison.

In closing arguments, the prosecution painted Jennifer Mee as not the mastermind of murder, but a willing participant in an attempted robbery that ended in the death of a 22-year-old victim.

"She was the bait," said prosecutor Jan Olney pointing directly at Jennifer Mee. "She was the bait that lured Shannon Griffin to a back alley that was dark where two of her cohorts waited."

But the defense argued the evidence proving Mee's involvement in Griffin's death simply wasn't there.

"What witnesses do you have? What documents show that Jennifer Mee, not someone else, but Jennifer Mee had a conscious intent for the robbery to be done," asked Mee's defense attorney John Trevena.

SEE ALSO: Alternate juror predicts guilty verdict in Hiccup Girl trial

The first-degree murder conviction carries only one sentence -- life in prison, without the possibility of parole. But the judge allowed jurors to consider lesser charges of manslaughter and accessory after the fact.

Previous Stories:

• 2007 Interview: Hiccup Girl Jennifer Mee
• From 2007: Hiccups finally end for St. Pete teen
• Hiccup Girl: "I have Tourette's"
• Jennifer Mee arrested on 1st degree murder charges
• Hiccup Girl's hiccups return during court hearing
• Attorney: "Hiccup girl" Jennifer Mee is upset, remorseful
• Victim's family speaks out
• Prosecutors want Jennifer Mee to stay quiet
• Rocky start to Hiccup Girl's murder trial
• Jennifer Mee hiccups during trial
• Hiccup Girl, Jennifer Mee, murder trial goes to jury

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