GOREE

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (11 total)

• Augustine Perez v. State, 648 So. 2d 715 (Fla. 1995)
  …ntencing decision and to ensure that written reasons are not merely an after-the-fact rationalization for a hastily reasoned initial decision imposing death. Further, this Court held in Stewart v. State, 549 So. 2d 171, 176 (Fla.1989), cert. denied, 497 U.S. 1031, 110 S.Ct. 3294, 111 L.Ed.2d 802 (1990), that “[s]hould a trial court fail to provide timely written findings in a sentencing proceeding taking place after our decision in Grossman, we are compelled to remand for imposition of a life sentence.” In t…
• Layman v. State, 652 So. 2d 373 (Fla. 1995)
  …rial court fail to provide timely written findings in a sentencing proceeding taking place after our decision in Grossman, we are compelled to remand for imposition of a life sentence.” Stewart v. State, 549 So. 2d 171, 176 (Fla.1989), cert. denied, 497 U.S. 1031, 110 S.Ct. 3294, 111 L.Ed.2d 802 (1990). In the present case, immediately after the jury gave its recommendation of death, the trial judge asked Layman “by what authority do you have playing God with this woman’s life like that?” The judge then ora…

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• Thomas v. State, 645 So. 2d 185 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994)
  …ounds and legal argument upon which the objection is based. See and compare Occhicone v. State, 570 So. 2d 902 (Fla.1990), cert. denied, 500 U.S. 938, 111 S.Ct. 2067, 114 L.Ed.2d 471 (1991); Bertolotti v. State, 565 So. 2d 1343 (Fla.), cert. denied, 497 U.S. 1031, 110 S.Ct. 3296, 111 L.Ed.2d 804 (1990); Ross v. State, 386 So. 2d 1191 (Fla.1980). In the instant action defendant failed to object to the allegedly prejudicial comments and did not timely move for a mistrial. Defendant’s failure to object is stron…