Supreme Court of Florida

Trial court's imposition of death sentence and conviction of defendant for first-degree murder and related crimes is affirmed where: 1) defendant's death sentence is proportionate considering the totality of the circumstances in that the murder was committed during the commission of a sexual battery; and 2) the evidence is sufficient to support the murder conviction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/12/2009
• Published 11/12/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and John C. Fisher, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Katherine V. Blanco, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.