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Floyd v. State

Citations

  • 913 So. 2d 564
  • 2005 WL 2509278

How courts have described this case

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  • using abuse of discretion standard to review the trial court’s balancing of prejudice against probativeness
  • finding the death sentence proportionate where the defendant committed an execution-style murder and the trial court found three aggravating circumstances: (1) the murder was committed while the defendant was under sentence of imprisonment, (2) prior violent felony, and (3
  • “A motion for mistrial should be granted only when the error is deemed so prejudicial that it vitiates the entire trial, depriving the defendant of a fair proceeding.”

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Judges: Per Curiam

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