White v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of first-degree murder. The jury recommended that Defendant be sentenced to death by a vote of eight to four. The trial court followed the recommendation and imposed a death sentence. The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s first-degree murder conviction but vacated his death sentence, holding (1) the State presented sufficient evidence to support the conviction; but (2) the Hurst v. State error in Defendant’s case was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, as it was not clear beyond a reasonable doubt that the jury’s failure to unanimously find all the facts necessary for imposition of the death penalty did not contribute to Defendant’s death sentence. Remanded for a new penalty phase.
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