Supreme Court of Florida

A conviction and sentence of death for first-degree murder is affirmed over claims of error that the trial court erred in: 1) denying defendant's motion to withdraw his guilty plea; 2) permitting questions regarding lack of remorse; 3) permitting impeachment of defendant's expert witness by a specific and unrelated act of misconduct; 4) admitting defendant's confession to sexual battery; 5) assessing the murder in the course of a felony aggravator twice; and 6) improperly considering and weighing mitigation evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/10/2007
• Published 05/10/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, Andrew Stanton, Assistant Public Defender, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, Miami, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Appellee.