Supreme Court of Florida

Mesac Damas, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee.

December 28, 2018260 So. 3d 200

Summary

The court affirmed Damas's six convictions for first-degree murder and six death sentences. It held that the trial court properly denied self-representation, that the child-victim aggravators were not improperly doubled, and that Damas's guilty pleas were knowing, intelligent, and voluntary. The court also rejected the unpreserved constitutional challenge to capital punishment, found sufficient evidence to support the convictions, and determined that the sentences were proportionate.