Yacob v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery with a firearm. Defendant was sentenced to death for the murder conviction. The Supreme Court (1) affirmed Defendant’s convictions, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdicts of guilt; but (2) vacated the sentence of death, holding that a death sentence in this case was not proportionate to other cases in which the sentence of death has been upheld, and in fact, this case was indistinguishable from other cases involving the single aggravator of a murder during the commission of a robbery where the death penalty has been vacated. Remanded for imposition of a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
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