BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, APPELLANT,

v.

CONSTANCE D. COE ET AL., APPELLEES

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Straight v. State, 397 So. 2d 903 (Fla. 1981)
  …d bludgeoning. The evidence supports the factual findings and the facts establish this statutory factor. See, e. g., Washington v. State, 362 So. 2d 658 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 937, 99 S.Ct. 2063, 60 L.Ed.2d 666 (1979); Funchess v. State, 341 So. 2d 762 (Fla.1975), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 878, 98 S.Ct. 231, 54 L.Ed.2d 158 (1977). Upon our review of the sentencing proceedings and the court’s findings based on the whole record, we conclude that there was no prejudicial error in the sentencing phase a…
• Palmes v. State, 397 So. 2d 648 (Fla. 1981)
  …under the Court’s previous constructions of this statutory factor, was amply supported by the evidence. See, e. g., Washington v. State, 362 So. 2d 658 (Fla.1978), cert. denied, 441 U.S. 937, 99 S.Ct. 2063, 60 L.Ed.2d 666 (1979); Funchess v. State, 341 So. 2d 762 (Fla.1975), cert. denied, 434 U.S. 878, 98 S.Ct. 231, 54 L.Ed.2d 158 (1977). The evidence was sufficient and there was no reversible error. Therefore we affirm the conviction of first-degree murder. There were three aggravating circumstances, suppo…
• Washington v. State, 362 So. 2d 658 (Fla. 1978)
  …the nine stab wounds, none of which was instantly fatal. She was murdered in her own home in the presence of her three sisters-in-law who were later shot in the head and stabbed. The atrocity of the episode cannot be gainsaid. Cf. Funchess v. State, 341 So. 2d 762 (Fla.1977). Appellant next urges that it was error to find that the capital felonies were committed for the purpose of avoiding or preventing a lawful arrest. Section 921.-141(5)(e), Florida Statutes (1975). With respect to the Meli episode, he sta…

Authorities Cited

• Wilson v. Hillsborough Cnty. Aviation Auth., 138 So. 2d 65 (Fla. 1962)
• COE v. Broward Cnty., 327 So. 2d 69 (Fla. 4th DCA 1976)