Angela Corey ( born October 31 , 1954 ) is a former Florida State 's Attorney for the Fourth Judicial Circuit Court , which includes Duval , Nassau and Clay counties — including Jacksonville and the core of its metropolitan area . The first woman to hold the position , she was elected in 2008 , and defeated on August 30 , 2016 by Melissa Nelson , the second ever woman to hold this position . Corey was catapulted into the national spotlight when on March 22 , 2012 , Florida Governor Rick Scott announced that she would be the newly assigned State Attorney investigating the shooting death of Trayvon Martin ( replacing State Attorney Norm Wolfinger )
the shooting death of Trayvon Martin
Shooting of Trayvon Martin
Angela Corey