Williams v. State

This case is before the Court on appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death. This Court has mandatory jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. The defendant raises issues related only to the penalty phase: specifically, the trial court’s findings of multiple aggravating factors and the trial court’s failure to find uncon-troverted statutory mitigation. Williams is unquestionably guilty of first-degree murder and does not challenge his conviction.1 As to the imposition of the death sentence, we conclude that this crime is not one of the most…