Ramos Travieso, Leslie a v. Travieso Maldonado, Juanita

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• holding that an Eighth Amendment violation occurred when, under Florida's sentencing scheme, a trial judge weighed an invalid aggravating factor
• holding that an Eighth Amendment violation occurred when, under Florida's sentencing scheme, a trial judge weighed an invalid aggravating factor
• recognizing that \the jury in Florida does not reveal the aggravating factors on which it relies.\
• concluding that the defendant failed to preserve for appeal his argument that the standard jury instruction given on the HAC aggravating factor was unconstitutional
• holding that a sentencing error is harmless only if “it did not contribute to the sentence obtained” (quoting Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24 (1967)
• concluding that a jury is “likely to disregard an option unsupported by evidence,” and thus Court would not presume that jury’s sentence recommendation rested on an aggravating circumstance that was not supported in the evidence

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