Brown v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, holding (1) the trial court did not err in finding a cold, calculated and premeditated aggravator; (2) Defendant's death sentence was proportionate; (3) the penalty-phase jury instructions did not violate Caldwell v. Mississippi, and Ring v. Arizona did not require the reversal of Defendant's death sentence; (5) the trial court did not err in refusing to permit Defendant to present guilt-phase evidence of his mental condition at the time of the murder; and (6) competent, substantial evidence supported the verdict beyond a reasonable doubt.
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