Joshua Lee Altersberger v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Altersberger’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. It held that competent, substantial evidence supported the cold, calculated, and premeditated aggravator, that his guilty plea was knowing, intelligent, and voluntary, and that death was proportionate under the totality of the circumstances. The court also rejected the preserved constitutional challenges to the penalty proceedings as contrary to established precedent.