Michael Lawrence Woodbury v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Woodbury’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, rejecting challenges concerning competency, self-representation, the guilty plea, counsel renewals, mitigation, aggravation, the presentence investigation report, jury instructions, and the sentencing burden of proof. It held that Woodbury knowingly and intelligently waived counsel and mitigation, was competent to stand trial and plead guilty, and that any errors concerning mitigation or sentencing procedures were harmless or unpreserved. The court also concluded that the evidence supported the cold, calculated, and premeditated aggravator and that the jury instructions adequately stated the governing law.