Morton v. State

The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order denying Alvin Leroy Morton’s motion filed under Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.851, holding that Morton 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). Morton was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to death following a jury’s recommendation for death by a vote of eleven to one on both counts. Derrick’s sentence of death became final in 2001. The Supreme Court held that Hurst did not apply retroactively to Morton’s sentence of death and, accordingly, affirmed the denial of Morton’s motion. View "Morton v. State" on Justia Law