GRIM

v.

FLORIDA

Citator

Cited By

• Fitzpatrick v. State, 900 So. 2d 495 (Fla. 2005)
  …ncluded the murder was committed by a person under sentence of imprisonment, the defendant had prior convictions for violent felonies, and the murder was committed while the defendant was engaged in the commission of a sexual battery), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 892, 124 S.Ct. 230, 157 L.Ed.2d 166 (2003); Darling v. State, 808 So. 2d 145, 164 (Fla.2002) (holding death sentence proportional where murder was committed while defendant was engaged in the commission of the crime of armed sexual battery and defendant…
• Lucious Boyd v. State, 910 So. 2d 167 (Fla. 1998)
  …hether a defendant is represented by counsel or is proceeding pro se, the defendant has the right to choose what evidence, if any, the defense will present during the penalty [*190] phase. See Grim v. State, 841 So. 2d 455, 461 (Fla.), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 892, 124 S.Ct. 230, 157 L.Ed.2d 166 (2003). The record provides extensive support to substantiate that Boyd understood his rights and understood the consequences of his choice to present only the testimony of his pastor and himself. Boyd was exercising…
• Walls v. State, 926 So. 2d 1156 (Fla. 2006)
  …65 (Fla.) (explaining that defendant was not entitled to relief under Ring where aggravating circumstances of multiple convictions for prior violent felonies and contemporaneous felony of sexual battery were unanimously found by jury), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 892, 124 S.Ct. 230, 157 L.Ed.2d 166 (2003). In the instant case, the trial court found the aggravating circumstances of a prior violent felony conviction, based on the contemporaneous murder of Alger, and that the murder was committed during the course…