Shelby Nealy sentencing trial: State rests in death penalty case

The Brief

  • The state rested Tuesday in the sentencing trial of Shelby Nealy.
  • Nealy faces the death penalty for killing his former in-laws in Pinellas County nearly a year after killing his wife in 2018.
  • Testimony in the sentencing phase began last Wednesday after a jury was seated.

CLEARWATER, Fla. The state rested its case Tuesday in the sentencing trial of Shelby Nealy, who faces the death penalty for killing his former in-laws in Pinellas County nearly a year after killing his wife.

The backstory:

Nealy is currently serving a 30-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to manslaughter for killing his wife, Jamie Ivancic, 21, in Pasco County in January 2018.

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