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Pope v. State

Citations

  • 679 So. 2d 710
  • 1996 WL 498599

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  • holding death penalty proportionate where pecuniary gain and prior violent felony aggravators outweighed two statutory mitigating circumstances (influence of extreme mental or emotional disturbance and impaired capacity to appreciate criminality of conduct
  • finding death sentence proportionate in robbery- murder with two aggravators of prior violent felony and pecuniary gain, two statutory mitigators, and several nonstatutory mitigators
  • finding death sentence proportionate in robbery-murder with two aggravators of prior violent felony and pecuniary gain, two statutory mitigators, and several nonstatutory mitigators
  • \Photographs must only be excluded when they demonstrate something so shocking that the risk of prejudice outweighs [their] relevancy.\
  • autopsy photographs were relevant to illustrate the medical examiner's testimony and the injuries he noted
  • autopsy photographs were relevant to illustrate the medical examiner's testimony and the injuries he noted

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Judges: Per Curiam

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