Supreme Court of Florida

Defendant's conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death are affirmed where: 1) there is sufficient evidence showing that defendant killed the victim; 2) there was sufficient evidence to support premeditation; 3) defendant has failed to show that the trial court erred in denying motion to suppress evidence found at the campsite; 4) defendant failed to show that the trial court erred in denying motion to suppress certain evidence concerning the victim; 5) trial court did not err in admitting evidence of flight; 6) trial court did not err in admitting tapes of defendant's jailhouse phone calls; 7) trial court initally erred in admitting certain receipts through a testimony without first establishing sufficient foundation, but the error was cured in part and harmless in part; and 8) trial court did not err in finding pecuniary gain and CCP as aggravating factors.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/07/2010
• Published 01/07/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Cynthia J. Dodge, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney, General, Tallahassee, Florida, Candance M. Sabella, Bureau Chief, and Katherine Maria Diamandis, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.