Miguel Oyola v. State of Florida

Summary

The court reversed Oyola’s death sentence and remanded for a new penalty phase because the sentencing order relied on an impermissible nonstatutory aggravating consideration and improperly denigrated mental-health mitigation and defense counsel. The court held that these errors could not be deemed harmless in light of the mitigating evidence and their cumulative effect. The court did not reach Oyola’s Campbell or Ring claims because a new penalty phase was required.