Wayne C. Doty v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Doty's death sentence after his second sentencing proceeding. It held that the jury was not required to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the aggravating circumstances warranted death or outweighed mitigation, and that the trial court adequately exercised its discretion in declining to make a nonbinding prison-placement recommendation. The court independently reviewed proportionality and found no reason to depart from its prior conclusion that death was proportionate.