VOYLES

v.

MISSISSIPPI; SONGER V. FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (64 total)

• Maxwell v. Louie L. Wainwright, 490 So. 2d 927 (Fla. 1986)
  …en in this case do not have the effect of imposing improper limitations on the consideration of mitigating circumstances. See Straight v. Wainwright, 422 So. 2d 827 (Fla.1982); Songer v. State, 365 So. 2d 696 (Fla.1978) (on rehearing), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 956, 91 S.Ct. 2185, 60 L.Ed.2d 1060 (1979). Finally appellant argues that there was deficient performance of appellate counsel by reason of a lack of adequate appellate argument on the appropriateness of the death sentence. We reject this argument. In…
• Sireci v. State, 399 So. 2d 964 (Fla. 1981)
  …any evidence not bearing upon the defendant’s character or record, or circumstances of the offense. Florida’s death penalty statute comports with Lockett, supra, and has been so interpreted. Songer v. State, 365 So. 2d 696 (Fla. 1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 956, 99 S.Ct. 2185, 60 L.Ed.2d 1060 (1979). Defendant, however, says that he was restricted in the presentation of evidence during the sentencing phase. The evidence which he attempted to introduce allegedly would have pointed to his innocence. This ar…
• Hitchcock v. State, 413 So. 2d 741 (Fla. 1982)
  …onstitutionally limits the consideration of mitigating factors and that he was improperly limited in presenting mitigating evidence. Again, we find no merit to these contentions. As stated in Songer v. State, 365 So. 2d 696 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 956, 99 S.Ct. 2185, 60 L.Ed.2d 1060 (1979), “all relevant circumstances may be considered in mitigation, and . . . the factors listed in the statute merely indicate the principal factors to be considered.” 365 So. 2d at 700. After the jury returned its…

Authorities Cited

• Gregg v. Georgia, 428 U.S. 153 (U.S. 1976)