Roberson v. State
Roberson v. State
Opinion of the Court
This appeal stems from a mandatory resentencing of appellant required by Graham v. Florida ,
We determine appellant failed to demonstrate that the trial court erred in considering the factors in section 921.1401 and affirm as to Issue I without further discussion.
As to Issues II and III, appellant complains that section 921.1401 requires the judge, not the jury, to consider certain factors in determining whether to impose a life sentence. He contends that this statute is directly analogous to Florida's former capital sentencing statute, which required a judge to find mitigating or aggravating factors that would warrant the death penalty. This capital punishment statute was declared unconstitutional under the Sixth Amendment because a jury, not a judge, must to find each fact necessary to impose a death sentence. Hurst v. Florida , --- U.S. ----,
We rejected these arguments in Copeland v. State ,
Accordingly, the judgment and sentence are AFFIRMED .
Bilbrey and Kelsey, JJ., concur.
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