Legal Opinion
Steven Anthony Cozzie v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided May 11, 2017No. SC13-2393PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Per curiam
Steven Anthony Cozzie appeals his conviction for first-degree premeditated or felony murder with a weapon and his sentence of death. For the reasons below, we affirm.1
BACKGROUND
The evidence presented at trial established that, on June 13, 2011, the victim, 15-year-old Courtney Wilkes, and her mother, father, and two younger siblings arrived in Seagrove Beach in Walton County for a family vacation. On the first day of their stay, several members of the Wilkes family encountered the defendant, 21-year-old Steven Cozzie, at the beach outside their condominium. Courtney’s *721mother testified that,…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1959
- Hurst v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
- Timothy Lee Hurst v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
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3Cited by15 opinions
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