Kim Jackson, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed Jackson's first-degree murder conviction and death sentence. It held that the combined blood-transfer fingerprint and forcibly removed hair constituted competent, substantial evidence supporting the jury's rejection of Jackson's alibi, participation in the murder, and premeditation; it also rejected challenges to the prosecutor's closing argument, the HAC aggravator, the sentence's proportionality, and the capital sentencing scheme. The court concluded that the asserted constitutional and sentencing errors did not warrant relief.