375 So. 2d 833 - Harvard v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “evaluate[s] anew the aggravating and mitigating circumstances of the case to determine whether the punishment is appropriate.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Quince v. Florida · Ford v. Strickland

2. “The aggravating circumstances include the following. Appellant has previously been convicted of a felony involving violence against a person. That conviction resulted from appellant's attempted murder of another former wife.[ [1] ] In that prior incident, the appellant forcibly entered the woman's home and, in front of the children, threw her to the floor, placed his right foot on her back, and fired a twenty-two pistol into her head. Miraculously, she lived. In the instant case, appellant again demonstrated his propensity toward calculated homicide in the killing of Ann Bovard. The murder was the final, deliberate stroke in appellant's campaign of terror against his ex-wife. He sought her out in the early morning hours, stalked her in the dark, and then in cold blood killed her with a shotgun at close range.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 486 So. 2d 537 - Harvard v. State

3. “without the necessity of convening an advisory jury, but with directions to provide counsel for the state and the defendant an opportunity to explain, contradict, and argue regarding the relevance, materiality, and import of the confidential information and military history, as well as other matters properly considered by the trial court concerning appellant's sentence... .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Harvard v. State