Legal Opinion

David Kelsey Sparre v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 22, 2015No. SC12-891Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC12-891 ____________ DAVID KELSEY SPARRE, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. [January 22, 2015] PER CURIAM. This case is before the Court on appeal from a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We reject the three claims that David Kelsey Sparre has raised in this appeal. In his first claim, Sparre argues that the trial court erred by not calling its own witnesses who potentially had knowledge of mitigating factors against the imposition of the death…

2Cases cited54 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. State v. DiGuilioSupreme Court of Florida · 1986
  4. Walton v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  5. State v. DixonSupreme Court of Florida · 1973

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