James Guzman v. State of Florida – Corrected Opinion

Summary

The court affirmed Guzman’s convictions for armed robbery and first-degree murder, rejecting his challenges to juror-cause rulings, the State’s peremptory strike, the denial of a motion to strike the jury panel, and the sufficiency of the evidence. It vacated the death sentence because the jury’s nonunanimous eleven-to-one death recommendation did not establish the unanimous findings required before imposing death, and the sentencing error was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. No separate opinions were provided for extraction.