Jones v. State
Annotate this CaseThe Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order denying Appellant’s motion filed pursuant to Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.851, in which Appellant sought 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). Appellant was convicted by a jury of two counts of first-degree murder. The jury recommended a sentence of death for each count, one by a vote of ten to two and the other by a vote of twelve to zero. The trial court subsequently sentenced Appellant to death on both counts. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Hurst did not apply retroactively to Appellant’s sentences of death, which became final in 1995.
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