Supreme Court of Florida

Conviction and death sentence for first-degree murder are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) the erroneous admission of hearsay statements; 2) the sufficiency of the indictment; 3) the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict; 4) the introduction of five victim impact witnesses in the penalty phase; 5) a for-cause challenge of a juror; 6) the constitutionality of Florida's capital sentencing scheme; and 7) the sufficiency of the sentencing order.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/29/2008
• Published 09/29/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Steven L. Bolotin, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, for Appellant/Cross Appellee., Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee/Cross Appellant.