Davis v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial in which the jury rejected Defendant's insanity defense, Defendant was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to two terms of life imprisonment and one sentence of death. The Supreme Court (1) affirmed the convictions for first-degree murder; (2) affirmed the sentences of life imprisonment; but (3) vacated the death sentence, finding that the sentence of death was disproportionate in this case, which involved substantial mental health mitigation due to evidence Defendant was suffering from some type of psychosis at the time of the offenses and Defendant's extensive history of abuse and neglect. Remanded for imposition of an additional sentence of life in prison.
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