Van Poyck v. State
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for his role in the 1987 killing of a correctional officer. Defendant subsequently appealed the circuit court's summary denial of his second successive motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Because defendant's claim originated from information that existed as early as this court's issuance of its direct-appeal decision in 1990, and because the juror affidavits at issue in this case related to matters that inhered in the verdict, the court affirmed the circuit court's denial of this claim as both untimely and based upon inadmissible evidence.
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