Davis v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, and sexual battery. Defendant was sentenced to death for the murder conviction. On appeal, Defendant challenged only the propriety of the death sentence. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions and sentence of death, holding (1) the evidence was sufficient to support the convictions; (2) the trial court did not fail to remain neutral during the penalty-phase proceedings; (3) the trial court’s findings on aggravators and mitigators were not in error with the exception of its finding of an avoid arrest aggravator, which error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt; (4) Defendant was not entitled to relief on his claim that his death sentence was unconstitutional based on Ring v. Arizona; and (5) the death sentence in this case was a proportionate penalty.
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