An appeal from a convicted killer in the 1990 murders of a Cape Coral girl and her babysitter is heading to the Florida Supreme Court.
Joseph Zieler was sentenced to death for the murders of 11-year-old Robin Cornell and 32-year-old Lisa Story .
He was sentenced following the 33-year-long cold case investigation.
The Florida Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in February for Zieler's appeal of his death penalty sentence. It is scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 5, at 9 a.m.
Zieler was arrested in 2016 and later convicted for Robin Cornell and Lisa Story's deaths in May 2023.
The jury recommended the death penalty in a 10-2 vote before the judge sentenced him to death.
Zieler filed an appeal in July 2023.
All death penalty cases in Florida are automatically granted an appeal.
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