Supreme Court of Florida

Rasheem Diquoine Dubose, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee

February 9, 201742 Fla. L. Weekly Supp. 143

Summary

The court affirmed Dubose’s convictions, rejecting challenges based on juror misconduct, evidentiary sufficiency, venue, and cumulative error. It held that any improper inquiry into jurors’ thought processes was harmless and that the evidence supported both premeditated and felony-murder theories. Because the death recommendation was nonunanimous under the governing capital-sentencing requirements, the court vacated the death sentence and remanded for a new penalty phase.