Robert Pernell McCloud, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee — Canady, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part

Summary

Justice Canady concurred in affirming McCloud’s murder convictions but disagreed with vacating his death sentences. The opinion reasons that comparative culpability is unavailable because McCloud was the only codefendant convicted of first-degree murder and eligible for capital punishment, and that the jury’s verdicts supplied the required aggravating-circumstance findings. Canady also concluded that the constitutional challenge to the death sentences did not warrant relief.