Opinion ID: 2536327
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Double Murder as Support for the Prior Violent Felony Aggravator

Text: Mosley argues that the trial court effectively held that a double homicide automatically establishes the prior violent felony aggravator. This Court has consistently and repeatedly held that a contemporaneous conviction of a violent felony can be a basis for the prior violent felony aggravator. See, e.g., Bevel v. State, 983 So.2d 505, 517 (Fla.2008) (This Court has repeatedly held that `where a defendant is convicted of multiple murders, arising from the same criminal episode, the contemporaneous conviction as to one victim may support the finding of the prior violent felony aggravator as to the murder of another victim.') (quoting Francis v. State, 808 So.2d 110, 136 (Fla.2001)); Buzia v. State, 926 So.2d 1203, 1209 (Fla. 2006) ([W]e have long recognized that a contemporaneous conviction for a violent felony can serve as a basis for the prior violent felony aggravator.). Accordingly, we deny this claim.