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Florida statute also provides the death penalty for capital drug trafficking and discharging or using a destructive device causing death. A provision for capital sexual battery was found unconstitutional in the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court case Kennedy v. Louisiana. No one is on death row in the United States for drug trafficking.
ORLANDO, Fla. — The man shot by Deputy Bruce Stolk in December 2020 is suing him and the Orange County Sheriff’s Office, accusing them of aggravated battery. This comes after charges against ...
Florida, a case concerning Florida woman Natoya Cunningham who was sentenced to eight years in prison after a six-person jury found her guilty of aggravated battery and retaliation against an ...
This description doesn't make clear whether affirmative consent is required to have sex (or conversely, whether a lack of affirmative consent can result in a sexual offense), but both Section 130.25 Rape in the third degree (3) and Section 130.40 Criminal sexual act in the third degree (3) do provide this possibility in the form of catch-all ...
Hurst v. Florida, 577 U.S. 92 (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court, in an 8–1 ruling, applied the rule of Ring v. Arizona [1] to the Florida capital sentencing scheme, holding that the Sixth Amendment requires a jury to find the aggravating factors necessary for imposing the death penalty.
A Florida man indicted on ... Circuit State Attorney’s Office announced Thursday that Joseph Andrew Giampa had been indicted on six counts of sexual battery upon a child under the age of 12 and ...
On September 26, 2013, an appellate court ordered a new trial, finding that the jury instructions in Alexander's trial impermissibly shifted the burden of proof from the prosecution to the defense. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] Alexander was released on bail on November 27, 2013 [ 11 ] and required to stay under house arrest . [ 12 ]
The Florida Supreme Court has suspended two Tallahassee attorneys who were accused by a woman who worked in their home of sexually battering her.. The state's highest court entered suspension ...