4/7/16 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin v. State, SC13-2092 and Clemente Aguirre-Jarquin v. Julie L. Jones, etc., SC14-1332
Mr. Aguirre-Jarquin was convicted of the first-degree murders of Cheryl Williams and her mother, Carol Bareis, who were fatally stabbed in 2004. The jury voted 7-5 to recommend a death sentence for the murder of Ms. Williams and 9-3 to recommend a death sentence for the murder of Ms. Bareis. The trial court condemned him to death and this Court upheld his sentences on direct appeal. Mr. Aguirre-Jarquin filed a post-conviction challenge in trial court and it was denied. This appeal followed.