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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 660 So. 2d 637
  • 1995 WL 410691

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the police are not required to tell suspects what may or may not be in their best interests
  • stating that available issues that are not briefed are barred from review
  • finding defendant's contention that state made improper closing argument was not preserved for appeal, where counsel did not object until after jury had been given its instructions and retired to deliberate
  • “Gathering any fiber evidence is a common object of any murder investigation . . . .”
  • reiterating on direct appeal that “[t]he law is well settled that failure to raise an available issue constitutes an admission that no error occurred”
  • upholding death sentence for stabbing death of elderly female inside her home during a burglary where court found three aggravators—prior violent felony, committed for financial gain, and HAC— outweighed fifteen nonstatutory mitigators

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Judges: Kogan

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