Supreme Court of Florida

Defendant's first degree murder conviction and sentence of death are affirmed where: 1) abundant record evidence supports the convictions for the murders of the victims; 2) there was abundant cause for the State to move to strike a juror and for the trial court to grant the request; 3) any further Nelson inquiry, which is necessary only when the asserted reason for the discharge of appointed counsel is incompetence, was not required; 4) trial court did not improperly restrict the role of standby counsel; 5) trial court's sentencing order is not defective or erroneous; 5) trial court's imposition of both death sentences are proportionate; and 6) Florida's capital sentencing scheme does not violate Ring.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Christopher S. Quarles, Assistant Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Barbara C. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee.