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Timestamp: 2019-04-21 10:19:00+00:00

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Supreme Court of Florida affirms convictions and sentences : "... we conclude that Jackson's death sentences are proportionate punishment for his capital offenses."
art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.
family and had sold Cole a vehicle.
health which required a daily regimen of various prescription medications.
$90,000 from the sale of their South Carolina home and multiple television sets.
Cole were twenty-three years old.
Jackson and Wade in digging a six-foot-deep hole in a remote area of Georgia.
motel room where Jackson, Cole, and Wade were eventually apprehended.
of forty-five years’ imprisonment on each count.
began searching for bank statements and automated-teller-machine (ATM) cards.
documents which were in the house.
Georgia gravesite as the Sumners remained trapped in the trunk of the vehicle.
through a telephone call to their bank.
his involvement and testified that either Wade or Nixon effectuated the burial.
expressly stating that he had been assisted by others.
preparation for a dinner were on the stove and dirty plates were in the kitchen.
Lincoln revealed Jackson’s fingerprints on an unopened roll of plastic wrap.
of some of the surveillance photos.
left town hurriedly with his wife to attend the funeral of her sister in Delaware.
pretense of being a tired and ailing Carol Sumner.
the trunk of Cole’s vehicle.
Sumners placed in the hole while they were still alive.
would have fallen unconscious and died within three to five minutes.
casings, and empty beer cans.
guilty verdicts on all counts.
murders of both victims by votes of eight to four.
counsel to present witnesses or introduce mental health and school records.
plan or participate in the kidnappings or murders.
4. Spencer v. State, 615 So. 2d 688 (Fla. 1993).
criminal record, although extensive, contained no acts of violence (some weight).
robberies, and life imprisonment for the kidnappings.
scheme violates due process, the Sixth Amendment, and Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S.
6. For the reasons already addressed in Hunter v. State, 8 So. 3d 1052 (Fla.
murder), cert. denied, 128 S. Ct. 2441 (2008).
cases. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.142(a)(6).
957 So. 2d 560, 577 (Fla. 2007) (quoting Conde v. State, 860 So. 2d 930, 943 (Fla.
Generally, felons are “responsible for the acts of their co-felons.” Lovette v.
actually or constructively present at the commission of such offense.
furtherance of that scheme. See Jacobs v. State, 396 So. 2d 713, 716 (Fla. 1981).
act contemplated by the defendant. See Ray v. State, 775 So. 2d 604, 609 (Fla.
the original plan. See Parker v. State, 458 So. 2d 750, 752 (Fla. 1984).
murders and that the murders were not the independent act of his codefendants.
robbery commenced. See Stephens v. State, 787 So. 2d 747, 754 (Fla. 2001).
murders were the culmination of the commission of the kidnapping.
and pieces of rubber gloves were found in the trunk of the recovered Lincoln.
could hear the Sumners moaning and “trying to get up” from inside the hole.
consequence of the common design of this entire criminal episode.
convictions supports the same conclusion. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.142(a)(6).
safe was properly encompassed within the scope of the warrant.
purely a question of law because the facts were undisputed.
the extent of the privacy a person is entitled to reasonably expect. See State v.
(1976)); see also Gilbert v. State, 789 So. 2d 426, 428 (Fla. 4th DCA 2001).
space to search for specified items.
warrant extends to the entire area in which the object of the search may be found.
particularized in the search warrant” without obtaining an additional warrant.
objects sought in the warrant were of a size that would not fit in the box.”); State v.
reasonably be concealed inside that location.
reasonable for the officers to search inside the safe for these items. Cf. Evans v.
encompassed the motel room safe.
we deny relief on this issue.
automobile, an office, or a hotel room.” Lanza v. New York, 370 U.S.
the prison cell.” Id. at 526.
Smith, 641 So. 2d at 851 (parallel citations omitted).
definition. See S.C. Code Ann. § 17-30-15(2) (2005); cf. § 934.02(2), Fla. Stat.
there would not be prohibited by chapter 943. See id.
automated warnings that the jail would record and monitor his communication.
relevant to the charged crime. See Escobar v. State, 699 So. 2d 988, 995-96 (Fla.
consciousness of guilt which may be inferred from such circumstance.” Id.
Murray v. State, 838 So. 2d 1073, 1085 (Fla. 2002).
confront the witness against him.
English Language (1828)) (emphasis supplied).
admissible portions of Jackson’s responsive statements incomprehensible.
the recorded interview in its entirety.
allegedly claimed he committed. Cf. Ferguson v. State, 920 So. 2d 838, 841 (Fla.
4th DCA 2006) (citing State v. DiGuilio, 491 So. 2d 1129, 1135 (Fla. 1986)).
residence. He also admitted that he called the JSO pretending to be James Sumner.
affected the verdict. See DiGuilio, 491 So. 2d at 1135.
court failed to comply with this Court’s decision in Muhammad v. State, 782 So.
jury that their recommendation would be afforded great weight.
to the extent that the PSI alerts the court of the existence of significant mitigation.
mitigation had Jackson permitted its introduction.
consider the jury’s recommendation as dispositive of the ultimate sentence. Cf.
recommendation”); Grim v. State, 841 So. 2d 455, 461 (Fla. 2003).
dispositive weight to the jury’s advisory recommendation.
circumstances reflect that this case is not one of the least mitigated capital cases.
“unusual” punishments contrary to article I, section 17 of the Florida Constitution.
991 So. 2d 364, 379 (Fla. 2008), cert. denied, 129 S. Ct. 1347 (2009).
vulnerable due to advanced age or disability.
criminal record, although extensive, contained no acts of violence.
proportionate. See id. at 682-83.
So. 2d 74, 117-19 (Fla. 2003); Lynch v. State, 841 So. 2d 362, 374-77 (Fla. 2003).
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