Supreme Court of Florida

Convictions for first degree murder and other crimes and sentence of death is affirmed where: 1) trial court did not err in admitting evidence as they fall under a hearsay exception, and other evidence admitted in violation of the confrontation clause was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; 2) there was probable cause to detain and arrest defendant; 3) recorded conversation of defendant from jail was properly admitted and any impact they may have had on the jury during the penalty phase was insignificant; 4) Florida's sentencing scheme is constitutional where a death sentence is supported by the prior violent felony aggravating factor and as such, the sentence was proportional.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/27/2009
• Published 08/27/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell, Assistant Public Defender, Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Leslie T. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee.