Opinion ID: 1715265
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Heading: Constitutionality of Florida's Capital Sentencing System

Text: In his final claim, Caballero asserts that Florida's capital sentencing scheme violates the United States Constitution under the holdings of Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002), and Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000). This Court has recently addressed this argument and denied relief. See Jones v. State, 845 So.2d 55 (Fla.2003). Additionally, one of the aggravating circumstances the judge considered was that Caballero committed the murder during the commission of a burglary and kidnapping. These crimes were charged in the indictment and found by a unanimous jury beyond a reasonable doubt. The trial judge determined that any one of the aggravating factors, standing alone, would be sufficient to outweigh the mitigating circumstances. Caballero is not entitled to relief on this claim.