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Jackson v. State

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BERTHA JACKSON, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. No. SC07-659. Supreme Court of Florida. May 29, 2008. Application for Review of the Decision of the District Court of Appeal ? Certified Direct Conflict of Decisions, Second District ? Case No. 2D05-4095 (Polk County). James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Pamela H. Izakowitz, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, Florida, for Petitioner. Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Robert J. Krauss, Assistant Attorney General, Bureau Chief, and Ha Thu Dao, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Respondent. CANTERO, J. In this case, we decide whether a trial court’s consideration, for sentencing purposes, of victim impact testimony without defense counsel present is a sentencing error as contemplated by rule 3...continue to full post

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