Tyrone T. Johnson v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Johnson’s first-degree murder conviction and death sentence, holding that the trial court properly admitted the interrogation recording, did not commit fundamental error in managing his brother’s testimony, and did not abuse its discretion in weighing most mitigation. Although the trial court improperly considered the contemporaneous murder conviction when weighing the no-significant-history mitigator, the error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because the aggravating circumstances substantially outweighed the mitigation. The court also rejected Johnson’s remaining claims concerning the mistrial, closing argument, victim-impact video, comparative proportionality review, and the sufficiency of the evidence.