Halliwell v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed Halliwell's first‑degree murder conviction but remanded the case with instructions to reduce the death sentence to life imprisonment without parole for twenty‑five years. The Court held that Halliwell's confessions were admissible, the gruesome photographs were admissible, the newly discovered shoes did not warrant a new trial, the Florida death‑penalty statute was constitutional, and post‑mortem mutilation was not an aggravating circumstance for capital punishment.