Opinion ID: 1945465
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Heading: Relief Pursuant to Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002)

Text: Troy next argues that Florida's death penalty statute is unconstitutionally invalid because it does not require the findings of each aggravating factor to be made by the jury, pursuant to Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002). This Court has denied relief in appeals where the trial judge has found the during the course of a felony aggravator. See Robinson v. State, 865 So.2d 1259, 1265 (Fla.2004) (This Court has held that the aggravators of murder committed `during the course of a felony' and prior violent felony involve facts that were already submitted to a jury during trial and, hence, are in compliance with Ring. ) (citing Owen v. Crosby, 854 So.2d 182, 193 (Fla.2003)). Given that Troy was convicted of this crime simultaneously with two counts of armed burglary, two counts of armed robbery, and attempted sexual battery, relief on this Ring claim is denied.