Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 17, 2009No. SC06-747PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Per curiam
Joseph Smith appeals his convictions for first-degree murder, kidnapping, and capital sexual battery and his sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the convictions and the sentences imposed by the trial court.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
On February 20, 2004, Joseph Peter Smith was charged with one count of sexual battery by a person over eighteen years of age upon a child less than twelve years of age and one count of kidnapping for the alleged abduction of and sexual battery upon Carlie Jane Brucia, an…
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