Legal Opinion
Mosley v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 16, 2009No. SC06-1408PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Per curiam
John F. Mosley appeals his convictions for the first-degree murders of Lynda Wilkes and her infant son, Jay-Quan Mosley, and his sentence of death for the murder of Jay-Quan. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.
Jay-Quan was born as a result of an extramarital affair between Mosley and Lynda Wilkes, and the State’s theory at trial was that the motive for the murder of mother and child was to avoid paying child support. For the reasons set forth in this opinion, we affirm the convictions and sentence of death.
FACTS
The Guilt Phase
The murders of the two victims occurred on…
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