David Kelsey Sparre v. State of Florida

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 penalty. We determine that there is insufficient evidence in the record- to support this claim. Nevertheless, we take this occasion to emphasize that when a…