Timothy W. Fletcher v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed Fletcher’s death sentence imposed after a second penalty phase, rejecting all nine claims of prosecutorial misconduct, jury error, unconstitutional sentencing procedures, improper aggravators, and cumulative error. It held that the prosecutor’s comment did not improperly convert mitigation into aggravation, the jury’s mitigation verdict did not establish a failure to follow instructions, the challenged victim-impact evidence and sentencing scheme were constitutional, and the unpreserved instructional omissions did not constitute fundamental error.