Supreme Court of Florida

A conviction for first-degree murder and death sentence are affirmed following a review of the sufficiency of the evidence and over claims that the trial court erred: 1) by excusing a potential juror for cause; 2) by admitting hearsay testimony during the penalty phase; 3) by admitting defendant's old IQ scores from Department of Corrections records; 4) in determining that defendant is not mentally retarded; 5) in finding the mitigating circumstances, weighing the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, and determining proportionality; 6) in denying a motion for disqualification; and 7) in failing to find Florida's death penalty statute unconstitutional under Ring v. Arizona.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2006
• Published 10/26/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Purdy, Public Defender and James R. Wulchak, Chief, Appellate Division, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Barbara C. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Appellee.