LEIGHTON

v.

BEATRICE COS., INC., ET AL.

Citator

Cited By (19 total)

• Terry v. State, 668 So. 2d 954 (Fla. 1996)
  …o “consider the totality of circumstances in a case, and to compare it with other capital cases. It is not a comparison between the number of aggravating and mitigating circumstances.” Porter v. State, 564 So. 2d 1060, 1064 (Fla.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1110, 111 S.Ct. 1024, 112 L.Ed.2d 1106 (1991). In reaching this decision, we are also mindful that “[d]eath is a unique punishment in its finality and in its total rejection of the possibility of rehabilitation.” State v. Dixon, 283 So. 2d 1, 7 (Fla.1973…
• Jackson v. State, 648 So. 2d 85 (Fla. 1994)
  …n that the CCP statutory aggravator applies to “murders more coldblooded, more ruthless, and more plotting than the ordinarily reprehensible crime of premeditated first-degree murder,” Porter v. State, 564 So. 2d 1060, 1064 (Fla.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1110, 111 S.Ct. 1024, 112 L.Ed.2d 1106 (1991), and where the killing involves “calm and cool reflection.” Richardson v. State, 604 So. 2d 1107, 1109 (Fla.1992). The Court has adopted the phrase “heightened premeditation” to distinguish this aggravating…
• Orme v. State, 677 So. 2d 258 (Fla. 1996)
  …chael v. State, 437 So. 2d 138, 142 (Fla.1983), cert. denied, 465 U.S. 1013, 104 S.Ct. 1017, 79 L.Ed.2d 246 (1984). Orme cites to cases such as Mann v. State, 420 So. 2d 578 (Fla.1982), and Porter v. State, 564 So. 2d 1060 (Fla.1990), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 1110, 111 S.Ct. 1024, 112 L.Ed.2d 1106 (1991), in support of his argument, but we find them unpersuasive. Mann, 420 So. 2d at 581, clearly upheld the heinous, atrocious, or cruel aggravator but then faulted the trial court for failing to issue a clear ru…