Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Sireci v. Florida

72 L. Ed. 2d 864

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1982-05-17
Topic
general

upholding Smith's waiver because he was literate, competent, understanding, and apprised of the danger of what he was doing | court should not examine isolated statements but entire colloquy with juror to determine qualification | death sentence upheld upon jury's finding aggravating circumstances of both "robbery while armed with a deadly weapon" and "larceny with the use of a deadly weapon." | “especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel” is “directed to those crimes where the death of the victim was preceded by torture of the victim or serious physical abuse” [internal quotation marks omitted] | to facilitate a robbery, defendant lured the victim to a wooded area, under the pretext of it being a shortcut to a party, and thereafter shot her in the head several times | defendant first sold cocaine to the victims, then, saying he was leading them to a party, led them instead to a wooded area and held a gun on them, demanded the cocaine, and then shot them — factor found | victim was lured to murder site under false pretenses | proportionality review includes all other first degree murder convictions

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Sup. Ct. Fla. Certiorari denied. Reported below: No. 81-5379, 399 So. 2d 964; No. 81-5562, 247 Ga. 814, 279 S. E. 2d 650; No. 81-5784, 403 So. 2d 418; No. 81-5848, 277 S. C. 53, 283 S. E. 2d 179; No. 81-5944, 403 So. 2d 341; No. 81-6385,131 Ariz. 195, 639 P. 2d 1020; No. 81-6435, 210 Neb. 457, 316 N. W. 2d 33; No. 81-6437, 407 So. 2d 894.