Occhicone v. State

How courts have described this case

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• reversing for new trial where prosecutor expressed personal belief during opening statement that defendant's alibi witness was a \liar\
• rejecting claim that Florida's penalty instructions on cold, calculated, and premeditated and heinous, atrocious, or cruel were unconstitutionally vague
• “Opening remarks are not evidence, and the purpose of opening argument is to outline what an attorney expects to be established by the evidence.”
• where victims were murdered due to interference with defendant's relationship with daughter, death penalty was warranted in light of three aggravating circumstances
• “When there is a legal basis to support finding an aggravating factor, we will not substitute our judgment for that of the trial court . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).