Supreme Court of Florida· 12/6/2012

Patrick v. State

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104 So. 3d 1046
2012 WL 6049585
2012 Fla. LEXIS 2546

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concluding that the trial court’s choice to limit questioning on an informant’s motivations for testifying was not an abuse of discretion, even though the trial court knew the informant would potentially benefit from testifying
concluding the appellant’s claim regarding the weight assigned to mitigation was “without merit” because the appellant did not “allege[] with specificity which factor should have been given more weight, or the grounds for his assertion”
upholding a finding of the HAC aggravator when the victim was beaten during the commission of the murder and the sentence of death was imposed
affirming the finding of HAC where the victim was beaten, had his head and face taped, had his ankles and hands bound behind his back, and was left in a bathtub on his stomach
reviewing a trial court’s decision to limit cross-examination for abuse of discretion
affirming the finding of HAC where the victim was beaten, had his head and face taped, had his - 15 - ankles and hands bound behind his back, and was left in a bathtub on his stomach

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Judges: Canady, Labarga, Lewis, Pariente, Perry, Polston, Quince

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