Jordan v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder and robbery with a firearm or other deadly weapon. The trial court imposed a sentence of death for the murder conviction and a life sentence for the conviction for robbery with a firearm or other deadly weapon. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the prosecutor made an improper comment during closing arguments, but the comment did not rise to the level of fundamental error; (2) the heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravating circumstance was properly applied to Defendant; (3) the admission of victim impact statements into evidence was permissible; (4) the trial court did not err in rejecting the statutory mitigator that Defendant’s ability to conform his conduct to the requirements of the law was substantially impaired; (5) Defendant’s death sentence was proportional; (6) Florida’s death penalty statutory scheme is not unconstitutional under Ring v. Arizona; and (7) there was competent, substantial evidence to support Defendant’s convictions.
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