STATE v. GAITER

No. 3D16-1174.

207 So.3d 339 (2016)

The STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Karon GAITER, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

November 23, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Timothy A. Freeland , Assistant Attorney General, and Carol M. Dittmar , Tampa, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner.

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Andrew Stanton , Assistant Public Defender, for respondent.

Before ROTHENBERG, LOGUE, and SCALES, JJ.


The State of Florida filed a petition for a writ of certiorari to review a pretrial decision declaring Florida's new death penalty statute, § 921.141(1), Florida Statutes (2016), unconstitutional. We have jurisdiction.1 After the petition was filed, the Florida Supreme Court held the statute was rendered...

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