DURANT

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (32 total)

• Rogers v. State, 511 So. 2d 526 (Fla. 1987)
  …the murder. We find no error, since this evidence was cumulative. The trial court has discretion to exclude evidence that does no more than corroborate other evidence already before the jury. Sims v. State, 444 So. 2d 922 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1246, 104 S.Ct. 3525, 82 L.Ed.2d 832 (1984). In this case, Lan-cia’s medical records were cumulative of evidence presented by both Lancia himself and the medical supervisor of the jail. Lancia testified that he suffered from depression and took medicatio…
• Grossman v. State, 525 So. 2d 833 (Fla. 1988)
  …rly found invalid aggravating factors provided one or more valid aggravating factors exist which are not overridden by one or more mitigating factors. White v. State, 446 So. 2d 1031 (Fla.1984); Sims v. State, 444 So. 2d 922 (Fla.1983) cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1246, 104 S.Ct. 3525, 82 L.Ed.2d 832 (1984); Alford v. State, 307 So. 2d 433 (Fla.1975), cert. denied, 428 U.S. 912, 96 S.Ct. 3227, 49 L.Ed. 2d 1221 (1976). Even more significantly, in Barclay v. Florida, 463 U.S. 939, 103 S.Ct. 3418, 77 L.Ed.2d 1134 (…
• Sims v. State, 754 So. 2d 657 (Fla. 2000)
  …CKGROUND Sims was convicted of first-degree murder and robbery for the 1977 fatal shooting of George Pfeil during a drugstore robbery.1 His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. See Sims v. State, 444 So. 2d 922 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1246, 104 S.Ct. 3525, 82 L.Ed.2d 832 (1984). Sims then filed a postconviction motion in circuit court, which was denied following an evidentiary hearing. This Court affirmed the denial of the posteon-viction motion. See Sims v. State, 602 So. 2d 1253 (Fl…