March 2010
SC08-528 – Tiffany Ann Cole v. State of Florida
Cole raised the following claims in her Direct Appeal: (1) trial court’s comments; (2) admission of photographs; (3) avoid-arrest aggravator; (4) heinous, atrocious, and cruel aggravator; (5) disparate sentencing; (6) Ring v. Arizona
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed Cole’s convictions and sentences.
SC08-494 – Todd Zommer v. State of Florida
Zommer raised the following claims in his Direct Appeal: (1) cold, calculated, and premeditated aggravator; (2) heinous, atrocious, and cruel aggravator; (3) statutory mitigation; (4) proportionality of death sentence; (5) Florida’s capital sentencing scheme
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed Zommer’s conviction and sentence.
SC07-51 – Eugene W. McWatters v. State of Florida
McWatters raised the following claims in his Direct Appeal: (1) motion to suppress; (2) collateral crime evidence; (3) expert opinions on circumstantial evidence; (4) premeditation; (5) sexual battery convictions; (6) disqualification of defense counsel and state attorney’s office; (7) admissibility of evidence; (8) cold, calculated, and premeditated aggravator; (9) cold, calculated, and premeditated aggravator jury instruction; (10) heinous, atrocious, and cruel aggravator; (11) murder committed while in commission of felony
The Florida Supreme Court affirmed McWatters’ conviction and sentence.
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