Legal Opinion

Leo Louis Kaczmar, III v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 31, 2017No. SC13-2247PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Per curiam

Leo Louis Kaczmar, III, appeals his sentence of death imposed after a new penalty phase proceeding. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the following reasons, we affirm Kaez-mar’s sentence of death.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE AND FACTS

We previously set forth the relevant facts in Kaczmar v. State, 104 So.3d 990, 995-98 (Fla. 2012). Kaczmar was convicted for first-degree murder, attempted sexual battery, and arson. During Kaezmar’s first penalty phase, the parties stipulated that Kaczmar had been previously convicted of a robbery. Id. at 997. The State presented a victim…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  5. Hurst v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. Michael Gordon Reynolds v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
  2. Eric Scott Branch v. State of Florida & SC18-218 Eric Scott Branch v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2018
  3. In Re: Standard Criminal Jury Instructions in Capital CasesSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
  4. Margaret A. Allen v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2019
  5. Sampson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017

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