Supreme Court of Florida

Defendant's conviction for two counts of first-degree murder and a sentence of death are affirmed where: 1) the trial court applied the correct rule of law in finding the CCP aggravator as to both murders and competent, substantial evidence supports this finding; 2) the trial court applied the correct rule of law and competent, substantial evidence supports the finding that HAC aggravator applies to the murder of his former girlfriend; 3) defendant's challenges to the trial court's findings regarding mitigation and the weight the court ascribed are rejected; 4) defendant knowingly and voluntarily entered his guilty plea and the trial court properly accepted it; and 5) defendant's argument that the sentences are disproportionate because they resulted from a domestic dispute is rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/16/2010
• Published 12/16/2010

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James S. Purdy, Bill McCollum