Case Name: Chester MAXWELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1995-07-20
Citations: 657 So. 2d 1157
Docket Number: No. 85074
Parties: Chester MAXWELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 657
Pages: 1157–1157

Head Matter:
Chester MAXWELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 85074.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 20, 1995.
Carey Haughwout of Tierney & Haughw-out, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.
Carolyn V. McCann, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Ft. Lauderdale, for respondent.

Opinion:
WELLS, Justice.
We have for review a district court decision presenting the following question certified to be of great public importance:
IS SECTION 921.141(7), FLORIDA STATUTES, ALLOWING VICTIM IMPACT EVIDENCE, UNCONSTITUTIONAL?
State v. Maxwell, 647 So.2d 871, 873 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.
In accordance with our decision in Windom v. State, 656 So.2d 432 (Fla.1995), we answer the question in the negative and approve the Fourth District's decision upholding the constitutionality of section 921.141(7), Florida Statutes (1993).
It is so ordered.
GRIMES, C.J., and OVERTON, SHAW, KOGAN and HARDING, JJ., concur.
ANSTEAD, J., recused.