Matthew Lee Caylor v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Caylor’s death sentence after rejecting challenges to the denial of his requests to withdraw his penalty-phase jury and mitigation waivers. It held that the jury-waiver withdrawal was properly denied as untimely and made in bad faith, that the waiver was knowing and voluntary despite Caylor’s asserted motivation concerning the victim’s mother, and that aggravating factors need not outweigh mitigating circumstances beyond a reasonable doubt. No separate opinion is included in the record provided.