Edmonds v. Virginia

How later courts describe this case

• dealing with qualifications to testify on future dangerousness in a capital case
• pecuniary gain factor upheld where defendant was at murder scene to rob victims and took a pickup truck
• where the evidence of the burglary was entwined with the homicides the offenses were properly consolidated
• no mitigating circumstances found; death penalty affirmed upon findings that killings were done for pecuniary gain and in a depraved manner
• "While this failure to object does not preclude review in a capital case, it does weigh against any claim of prejudice. "
• capital murder in the commission of robbery, both future dangerousness and vileness found
• Florida’s rule against collateral review of matters which should have been raised on direct appeal is an adequate ground under state law to bar federal habeas corpus review
• prior cases for a discussion of "particularized intent to kill".