Levasseur v. Wainwright

rejecting similar challenge to Florida statute on the basis of Proffitt v. Florida, 428 U.S. 242, 96 S.Ct. 2960, 49 L.Ed.2d 913 (1976) | aggravating circumstance where capital felony committed for purpose of avoiding lawful arrest | imposing death penalty based upon (i)(1), 33 (i)(5), (i)(6), and (i)(7 | death penalty not disproportionate where defendant raped, stabbed and strangled the victim | death penalty not disproportionate where defendant raped, stabbed and strangled the victim | decision to forego presenting evidence of defendant’s background not unreasonable where counsel may have feared that if he presented evidence of positive aspects of background, state could have refuted it by calling attention to damaging evidence in the record | victim knew defendant and could have later identified him