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Turner v. Crosby

Supreme Court of Florida
May 4, 2004
Case No. SC03-1857 (Fla. May. 4, 2004)

Opinion

Case No. SC03-1857.

May 4, 2004.


William T. Turner has filed a successive petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein he challenges the validity of his death sentence under Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002). This Court has rejected similar claims in Bottoson v. Moore, 833 So.2d 693 (Fla.), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1070 (2002), and King v. Moore, 831 So.2d 143 (Fla.), cert. denied, 537 U.S. 1067 (2002), and subsequent cases. Furthermore, one of the aggravating circumstances found by the trial court in this case was prior conviction of a violent felony, "a factor which under Apprendi and Ring need not be found by the jury." Jones v. State, 855 So.2d 611, 619 (Fla. 2003). The petition is hereby denied.

WELLS, PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, CANTERO, and BELL, JJ., concur. ANSTEAD, C.J., dissents.


Summaries of

Turner v. Crosby

Supreme Court of Florida
May 4, 2004
Case No. SC03-1857 (Fla. May. 4, 2004)
Case details for

Turner v. Crosby

Case Details

Full title:WILLIAM T. TURNER, Petitioner(s) v. JAMES V. CROSBY, JR., ETC.…

Court:Supreme Court of Florida

Date published: May 4, 2004

Citations

Case No. SC03-1857 (Fla. May. 4, 2004)