Anderson v. State
Annotate this CaseIn 1999, Charles Anderson was convicted and sentenced to death for first-degree murder. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence of death on direct appeal. Anderson filed an amended motion for postconviction relief seeking to vacate his conviction and death sentence under Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.851. The trial court denied three claims after an evidentiary hearing and summarily denied the remaining claims. Anderson appealed from the denial of his motion for postconviction relief and also petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. During the pendency of Anderson’s appeal, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Hurst v. Florida. The Supreme Court affirmed the postconviction court’s order as to Anderson’s conviction and denied Anderson’s habeas petition but vacated the death sentence, holding that, in light of the nonunanimous jury recommendation to impose a death sentence, it cannot be said that the failure to require a unanimous verdict here was harmless. Remanded for a new penalty phase.
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