Margaret A. Allen v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Allen’s convictions for kidnapping and first-degree felony murder and affirmed her life and death sentences. It upheld the exclusion of alleged hearsay concerning a codefendant’s confession, found sufficient evidence that Allen confined and terrorized the victim and that the kidnapping supported felony murder, and concluded that any prosecutorial misconduct concerning future dangerousness was unpreserved and not fundamental. The court also upheld the aggravating circumstances, mitigation findings, and proportionality of the death sentence.