Roderick Michael Orme v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Orme’s death sentence imposed after his second resentencing. It rejected his Eighth Amendment and Florida constitutional challenge based on the approximately thirty-year delay before resentencing, adhering to precedent rejecting prolonged-death-row claims. It also held that the trial court was not required to find beyond a reasonable doubt that the aggravating circumstances were sufficient to warrant death or outweighed mitigation.