Gonzalez v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and one count of home invasion robbery with a firearm. The trial court sentenced Appellant to death for the murders and to life imprisonment for the armed home invasion robbery conviction. On appeal, Appellant raised thirteen claims of error. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) most of Appellant’s claims of error were without merit; (2) a comment made by the prosecutor during penalty phase arguments was error, and the trial court erred in failing to assign a specific weight to the HAC aggravator, but the errors were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; and (3) Appellant’s convictions were supported by competent, substantial evidence.
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