Hunter v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was sentenced to death for the murders of four individuals. The Supreme Court affirmed Appellant’s convictions and sentences. Appellant subsequently filed a motion for postconviction relief. The postconviction court denied relief after summarily denying several claims and holding an evidentiary hearing on Appellant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. Appellant appealed the denial of his postconviction motion and petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Appellant’s postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition, holding (1) the trial court did not err in denying Appellant’s claims that trial counsel were ineffective during the guilt phase and the penalty phase; and (2) Appellant was not entitled to relief on his argument that Florida’s death penalty statute violates the Eighth Amendment’s standards of decency.
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