William Roger Davis, III v. State of Florida

William Roger Davis, III, who was thirty-one years old at the time of the crime, was found guilty of the October 2009 first-degree murder, kidnapping, and sexual battery of nineteen-year-old Fabiana Ma-lave. In this proceeding, Davis appeals only the death sentence imposed by the trial court for this murder and not the underlying convictions. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm Davis’s convictions for first-degree murder, kidnapping, and sexual battery, and we affirm his sentence of death.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Davis pled…