Phillips v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count each of armed robbery, attempted robbery, and conspiracy to commit armed robbery. The trial court imposed two sentences of death for the murder convictions. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s judgments of conviction but remanded the case to the trial court with instructions that the court impose life sentences for each of Defendant’s convictions for first-degree murder, holding (1) competent, substantial evidence supported the convictions; and (2) because the murders in this case were not among the most aggravated and least mitigated, the death penalty is a disproportionate punishment.
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