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Supreme Court of Florida· 1/29/2009

Wheeler v. State

Citations

  • 4 So. 3d 599
  • 34 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 80
  • 2009 Fla. LEXIS 137
  • 2009 WL 196310

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding trial court did not err in allowing the State to present 54 victim and family photographs
  • recognizing “that evidence that places undue focus on victim impact, even if not objected to, can in some cases constitute a due process violation”
  • holding trial court did not err in allowing the State to present 54 victim and family photographs
  • finding death sentence proportionate where the trial court found the aggravators (1) CCP (great weight); (2) the merged avoid arrest aggravator, that the victim was a law enforcement officer and murder was committed to disrupt or hinder the enforcement of law; and (3
  • finding death sentence proportionate where the trial court found the aggravators (1) CCP (great weight); (2) the merged avoid arrest aggravator, that the victim was a law enforcement officer and murder was committed to disrupt or hinder the enforce ment of law; and (3
  • “In the event that evidence is introduced that is so unduly prejudicial that it renders the trial fundamentally unfair, the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment provides a mechanism for relief.”

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Judges: Quince, Pariente, Lewis, Anstead, Wells, Canady, Polston

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