Johnson v. State
Annotate this CaseThe Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the circuit court denying Ronnie Johnson’s motions filed under 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 this Court’s decision on remand in Hurst v. State (Hurst), 202 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 2016). Johnson was sentenced to death for one murder conviction following a jury’s recommendation for death by a vote of seven to five. Johnson was also sentenced to death for a second murder following a jury’s recommendation for death by a vote of nine to three. Both of Johnson’s death sentences became final in 1998. In affirming the denial of Johnson’s motions, the Supreme Court held that Hurst did not apply retroactively to Johnson’s sentences of death.
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