McCoy v. State

Thomas Ford McCoy, Jr., who was forty-two years old at the time of the crime, pled guilty to the April 2009 first-degree murder of his former colleague, thirty-seven-year-old Curtis Brown. In this proceeding, McCoy appeals the death sentence imposed by the trial court for this murder. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm McCoy’s conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

McCoy pled guilty to first-degree murder with a firearm. A penalty-phase proceeding was subsequently conducted before a…