Peede v. State

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The Supreme Court affirmed the postconviction court’s denial of Appellant’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).Appellant was sentenced to death following a jury’s recommendation for death by a vote of eleven to one. Appellant’s sentence of death became final in 1986. Appellant later sought relief pursuant to Hurst, without success. The Supreme Court held that Hurst did not apply retroactively to Appellant’s sentence of death, and therefore, the postconviction court properly denied Appellant’s motion. View "Peede v. State" on Justia Law