DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PETITIONER,

v.

ALYSE COHEN PARIS, ET VIR, ET AL., RESPONDENTS

Citator

Cited By

• Pressley Alston v. State, 723 So. 2d 148 (Fla. 1998)
  …penalty phase delayed until his codefendant, Ellison, could be tried and sentenced. Appellant argued that Ellison could provide substantial evidence relevant to appellant’s penalty-phase proceedings. We rejected a similar argument in Bush v. State, 682 So. 2d 85 (Fla.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 117 S.Ct. 355, 136 L.Ed.2d 246 (1996). Bush was convicted of first-degree murder and was under a death warrant. In a postconviction motion, Bush argued that his execution should be stayed because his codefendant’s sen…
• Ibar v. State, 938 So. 2d 451 (Fla. 2006)
  …ime. Finally, we review the sentences for proportionality. In this case, we find the sentences of death are proportional. The State relies on Rimmer v. State, 825 So. 2d 304 (Fla.2000), Alston v. State, 723 So. 2d 148 (Fla.1998), and Bush v. State, 682 So. 2d 85 (Fla.1996), to support its argument that death is the appropriate penalty in these cases. In Rimmer, the defendant was convicted of first-degree murder for the execution-style killings of two employees of a car stereo store. See 825 So. 2d at 308. T…
• Alphonso Cave v. State, 727 So. 2d 227 (Fla. 1998)
  …ed of robbery and rape, and another felon, Parker, previously convicted of accessory to armed robbery. It is also difficult to square with this Court’s prior, explicit determination that “Bush played a predominant role in this crime.” Bush v. State, 682 So. 2d 85, 87 (Fla.1996). Bush’s car was used throughout the criminal episode; the gun used to rob and eventually kill the victim belonged to Bush; and Bush allowed Cave alone to expose himself to possible identification and apprehension during the robbery, w…

  ← 1 / 2 →

Authorities Cited

• Dep't OF Educ. v. ROE, 679 So. 2d 756 (Fla. 1996)
• Dep't OF Transp. v. Wallis, 659 So. 2d 429 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995)
• State v. Alyse Cohen Paris and Mark Paris, 665 So. 2d 381 (Fla. 4th DCA 1996)