State of Florida v. Mark Anthony Poole

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Poole’s guilt-phase postconviction claim because he failed to preserve the specific constitutional argument raised on appeal. It partially receded from its prior capital-sentencing decision, holding that the Constitution requires only a unanimous jury finding beyond a reasonable doubt of at least one statutory aggravating circumstance, not unanimous findings on weighing, sufficiency, or the final death recommendation. Because Poole’s jury unanimously found qualifying violent felonies, the court reversed the order vacating his death sentence and remanded for reinstatement of the sentence.