Sliney v. State

The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order denying Jack R. Sliney’s motion filed under Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.851, holding that Sliney was not entitled to relief pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), and this court’s decision on remand in Hurst v. State (Hurst), 202 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 2016). Sliney was sentenced to death following a jury’s recommendation for death by a vote of seven to five. Sliney’s sentence of death became final in 1998. The Supreme Court held that Hurst did not apply retroactively to Sliney’s sentence of death and, accordingly, affirmed the denial of Sliney’s motion. View "Sliney v. State" on Justia Law