Wayne C. Doty v. State of Florida

Wayne C. Doty, who at the time of the crime was an inmate at Florida State Prison, confessed to . murdering fellow inmate Xavier Rodriguez and later pled guilty to the crime. By a vote of ten to two, the jury recommended that Doty be sentenced to death, and the trial court imposed a death sentence after carefully weighing the aggravating circumstances against the mitigating circumstances. This direct appeal of the judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death follows. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

Doty sought to dismiss this appeal or limit the…