Jimenez v. State

The Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Petitioner’s motion filed pursuant to Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.851 seeking relief pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), and the Supreme Court’s decision on remand in Hurst v. State (Hurst), 202 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 2016).Petitioner was sentenced to death following a jury’s unanimous recommendation for death. Petitioner’s death sentence became final in 1998. The Supreme Court held that Hurst does not apply retroactively to Petitioner’s sentence of death, and therefore, the circuit court did not err in denying relief. View "Jimenez v. State" on Justia Law