Nelson v. State
Annotate this CaseThe Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order denying Joshua D. Nelson’s motion filed under Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.851, holding that Nelson was not entitled to 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). Nelson was sentenced to death following a jury’s unanimous recommendation for death. Nelson’s sentence of death became final in 2000. The Supreme Court held that Hurst did not apply retroactively to Nelson’s sentence of death and, accordingly, affirmed the denial of Nelson’s motion.
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