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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 28 So. 3d 838
  • 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 681
  • 2009 Fla. LEXIS 2067
  • 2009 WL 4841038

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  • upholding admission of expert opinion that aspects of the crime scene were consistent with a sexual battery having occurred
  • upholding admission of expert opinion that aspects of the crime scene were consistent with a sexual battery having occurred
  • finding harmless error where trial court erroneously denied two for-cause challenges and granted defendant three additional peremptory challenges
  • denying the defendant’s claim that the medical examiner’s opinion invaded the province of the jury because it assisted jurors in deciding what happened, not who was responsible for the acts perpetrated against the victim
  • finding death sentence proportionate where the trial court found the aggravators of (1) committed while on probation (moderate weight); (2) in the commission of a sexual battery or kidnapping (significant weight); (3) avoid arrest (great weight); (4) HAC (great weight); and (5
  • finding death sentence proportionate where the trial court found the aggrava-tors of (1) committed while on probation (moderate weight); (2) in .the commission of a sexual battery or kidnapping (significant weight); (3) avoid arrest (great weight); (4) HAC (great weight); and (5

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

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