Christian Cruz v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2021-1767 ____________ CHRISTIAN CRUZ, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. July 6, 2023 PER CURIAM. Christian Cruz appeals his sentence of death, which was imposed by the trial court for the second time following this Court’s reversal of his original death sentence “and remand for the limited purpose of requiring the trial court to perform a new sentencing evaluation and provide a new sentencing order.” See Cruz v. State, 320 So. 3d 695, 731-32 (Fla. 2021). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons we explain,…