Deltona "Xbox" killer Troy Victorino loses appeal

Troy Victorino, one of the killers in Deltona's 2004 "Xbox murders" will remain on death row.
The Florida Supreme Court is rejecting an appeal by Victorino and an appellate attorney for death row inmates.

Attorney Chris Anderson  argued a mistrial should have been sought in the case and that his client had been wrongly portrayed as the ringleader.  Anderson told the Florida Supreme Court that another defendant in what became known as the"Xbox murders" refused to be cross-examined while testifying during the trial.  Anderson said the lack of cross-examination helped lead to the conclusion that his client was the ringleader in the killings.

Senior Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Nunnelley offered another explanation for the death sentence: He said Victorino "deserved it."

Victorino and co-defendant Jerone Hunter were both sentenced to death... two other people involved in the brutal kilings were given life sentences.