WESTERN ELECTRIC CO., INC.

v.

HILL ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (32 total)

• Correll v. State, 523 So. 2d 562 (Fla. 1988)
  …ond a reasonable doubt that the dominant motive for the murder was the elimination of a witness. Doyle v. State, 460 So. 2d 353 (Fla.1984); Menendez v. State, 368 So. 2d 1278 (Fla.1979); Riley v. [*568] State, 366 So. 2d 19 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 981, 103 S.Ct. 317, 74 L.Ed.2d 294 (1982). We conclude that the evidence in this case supports the finding of this aggravating circumstance. With respect to Marybeth Jones, the facts indicate that she was the last person killed that night as she retur…
• Garron v. State, 528 So. 2d 353 (Fla. 1988)
  …f the murder is not a police officer, proof of intent to avoid arrest by murdering a possible witness must be very strong before the murder can be considered as an aggravating circumstance. Riley v. State, 366 So. 2d 19, 22 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 981, 103 S.Ct. 317, 74 L.Ed.2d 294 (1982). See White v. State, 403 So. 2d 331, 338 (Fla.1981), cert. denied, 463 U.S. 1229, 103 S.Ct. 3571, 77 L.Ed.2d 1412 (1983) (elimination of witness must be “dominant motive” behind murder where victim is not a poli…
• Dufour v. State, 495 So. 2d 154 (Fla. 1986)
  …o avoid arrest or detection through the killing. No showing was made that the dominant or sole motive for the murder was the elimination of witnesses. Bates v. State, 465 So. 2d 490 (Fla.1985); Riley v. State, 366 So. 2d 19 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 459 U.S. 981, 103 S.Ct. 317, 74 L.Ed.2d 294 (1982). [*164] We affirm the trial court’s finding, however, that appellant’s announcement of his intention to commit a murder and the subsequent execution-style shooting sufficiently established a cold, calculated and…