KNIGHT

v.

CALIFORNIA

Citator

Cited By

• Bradley v. State, 787 So. 2d 732 (Fla. 2001)
  …5, 121 S.Ct. 93, 148 L.Ed.2d 53 (2000). Rather, it is a review of the totality of all the circumstances in a case as compared to other cases in which the death penalty had been imposed. See Robinson v. State, 761 So. 2d 269 (Fla.1999), cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1057, 120 S.Ct. 1563, 146 L.Ed.2d 466 (2000). The court here found four aggravating circumstances: (1) the capital felony was especially heinous, atrocious or cruel (HAC);14 (2) CCP;15 (3) the capital felony was committed for pecuniary gain;16 and (4) t…
• Rogers v. State, 783 So. 2d 980 (Fla. 2001)
  …finding that a trial court’s refusal to provide funds for the appointment of experts for an indigent de [*999] fendant will not be disturbed absent an abuse of discretion); see also Robinson v. State, 761 So. 2d 269, 275-76 (Fla.1999), cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1057, 120 S.Ct. 1563, 146 L.Ed.2d 466 (2000); Hoskins v. State, 702 So. 2d 202, 209 (Fla.1997). In evaluating whether the trial court abused its discretion, this Court generally looks at two factors. See San Martin, 705 So. 2d at 1347. First, before the…
• Morton v. State, 789 So. 2d 324 (Fla. 2001)
  …onality disorder is a valid mitigat [*330] ing circumstance for trial courts to consider and weigh. See Eddings v. Oklahoma, 455 U.S. 104, 107, 115, 102 S.Ct. 869, 71 L.Ed.2d 1 (1982); Robinson v. State, 761 So. 2d 269, 273 (Fla.1999), cert. denied, 529 U.S. 1057, 120 S.Ct. 1563, 146 L.Ed.2d 466 (2000); Snipes v. State, 733 So. 2d 1000, 1003 (Fla.1999); Rutherford v. State, 727 So. 2d 216, 224 (Fla.1998); Wuornos v. State, 676 So. 2d 966, 968, 971 (Fla.1995). We have repeatedly stated that “[wjhenever a rea…