ORTHO PHARMACEUTICAL CORP.

v.

MCKENNA ET VIR.

Citator

Cited By (47 total)

• Downs v. State, 453 So. 2d 1102 (Fla. 1984)
  …hat the death sentence be imposed, Downs was sentenced to death for murder and thirty years for the conspiracy. Upon appeal, finding no reversible error, we affirmed his convictions and sentences. Downs v. State, 386 So. 2d 788 (Fla.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 976, 101 S.Ct. 387, 66 L.Ed.2d 238 (1980). Subsequently, Downs filed two motions under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 to vacate his convictions and sentences. After evidentiary hearings, the trial court denied these motions and in its order d…
• Downs v. State, 740 So. 2d 506 (Fla. 1999)
  …recommended a sentence of death, which the trial court followed after finding two aggravating factors1 and no mitigating circumstances. This Court affirmed Downs’ convictions and sentence. See Downs v. State, 386 So. 2d 788 (Fla.1980), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 976, 101 S.Ct. 387, 66 L.Ed.2d 238 (1980). In 1982, Downs filed his first postconviction motion pursuant to rule-3.850 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure, which included claims for ineffective assistance of counsel and withholding of material,…
• Routly v. State, 440 So. 2d 1257 (Fla. 1983)
  …te, 316 So. 2d 539 (Fla.1975), where a more culpable co-defendant received a less severe sentence than the appellant, and there was no error in treating the defendant differently than O’Brien. See Downs v. State, 386 So. 2d 788 (Fla.), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 976, 101 S.Ct. 387, 66 L.Ed.2d 238 (1980). We have compared, as did the trial court, the facts in the case sub judice with cases where we have upheld the imposition of the death penalty on similar facts and find the sentence imposed to be consistent wi…