VASIL

v.

FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By (65 total)

• Teffeteller v. State, 439 So. 2d 840 (Fla. 1983)
  …previously held that instructions on the elements of the underlying felony in a felony murder need not be as particularized as the instructions required when the felony is the primary charge. Vasil v. State, 374 So. 2d 465 (Fla.1979), cert. denied, 446 U.S. 967, 100 S.Ct. 2945, 64 L.Ed.2d 826 (1980). . We realize that the cited cases antedate the adoption of Florida’s tripartite capital sentencing procedure where the trial jury, the trial judge, and this Court are charged with the responsibility of indepe…
• Williams v. State, 400 So. 2d 542 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981)
  …v. State, 393 So. 2d 1187 (Fla. 3d DCA 1981), or the underlying felony in a felony murder case. State v. Jones, 377 So. 2d 1163 (Fla.1979); Robles v. State, 188 So. 2d 789 (Fla.1966); compare Vasil v. State, 374 So. 2d 465 (Fla.1979), cert. denied, 446 U.S. 967, 100 S.Ct. 2945, 64 L.Ed.2d 826 (1980); Taylor v. State, 386 So. 2d 825 (Fla. 3d DCA 1980) (no fundamental error in omitting intent element in defining robbery as underlying felony of felony murder charge). See generally, Annot., Instructions—Defini…
• Hitchcock v. State, 578 So. 2d 685 (Fla. 1990)
  …So. 2d 902, 906 (Fla.1990). Additionally, the elements of an underlying felony do not have to be explained with the same particularity required if that felony were the primary offense charged. Vasil v. State, 374 So. 2d 465 (Fla.1979), cert. denied, 446 U.S. 967, 100 S.Ct. 2945, 64 L.Ed.2d 826 (1980). Turning to the actual sentence, Hitchcock argues that the court erred in finding four aggravating circumstances and that his death sentence is disproportionate. The evidence, however, supports the court’s fin…