Supreme Court of Florida· 6/27/1985

Brown v. State

Citations

473 So. 2d 1260
67 A.L.R. 4th 917

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concluding that death sentence was proper even though accomplice received disparate prosecutorial and judicial treatment after pleading to second-degree murder in return for life sentence
concluding that trial judge’s oral comment that defendant “led a parasitic existence” was “not necessarily a finding of a non-statutory aggravating circumstance”
upholding attempted second-degree arson as a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person because the presentence investigation showed the arson was \based on a violent incident\
upholding attempted second-degree arson as a felony involving the use or threat of violence to the person because the presentence investigation showed the arson was “based on a violent incident”
murder and rape took place in the course of burglary, though actually committed after entry, and thus burglary charge was properly aggravated
trial judge’s oral comment that defendant had “led a parasitic existence” did not indicate that the judge improperly considered a nonstatutory aggravating factor in the sentencing process

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