DEATH PENALTY APPEAL DENIED

The Florida Supreme Court has denied the appeal of a 67-year-old Santa Rosa County convicted murderer and has upheld his death penalty sentence. Norman Grim, was sentenced to death in 2000 for the murder and sexual battery of his neighbor, Cynthia Campbell, back in 1998. Grim had appealed to the Florida Supreme Court, claiming he was entitled to a new penalty phase jury under revised state law. Circuit Judge Ross Goodman denied Grim’s motion for a new penalty phase proceeding in May. Now the Florida Supreme Court has denied his appeal.