State v. Steele

The State seeks certiorari review of a pretrial order of the trial court. Alfredie Steele is charged with first-degree murder. Mr. Steele filed a pretrial motion to bar imposition of the death penalty on the ground that Florida’s capital sentencing procedure is unconstitutional under Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584, 122 S.Ct. 2428, 153 L.Ed.2d 556 (2002). The trial court denied the motion but ordered the State to provide the defense with “adequate notice” of the aggravating factors that the State *365intended to submit and argue to the jury at any sentencing phase as a basis for the imposition of…