Legal Opinion

Tavares David Calloway v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 26, 2017No. SC10-2170PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Per curiam

Tavares David Calloway was convicted of five counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Derwin Copeland, Frederick McGuire, Adolphus Melvin, Gary St. Charles, and Trenton Thomas, along with armed robbery, armed kidnapping, and armed burglary with an assault or battery. A jury recommended a sentence of death for each count of first-degree murder by a vote of seven to five. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

1997

On January 21, 1997, eighteen-year-old Anthony Strachan was at home in his family’s apartment on 580 Northwest 64th Street in…

2Cases cited99 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  5. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by30 opinions

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