Boyd v. State
Decision Date | 17 December 2015 |
Docket Number | Nos. SC13–244,SC13–1959.,s. SC13–244 |
Parties | Lucious BOYD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Lucious Boyd, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones, etc., Respondent. |
Court | Florida Supreme Court |
Neal Andre Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, Suzanne Myers Keffer, Chief Assistant, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, and Scott Gavin, Staff Attorney, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Leslie T. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.
Lucious Boyd appeals a final order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Boyd also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the circuit court's denial of Boyd's rule 3.851 motion and deny relief on his petition for writ of habeas corpus.
Lucious Boyd was convicted for the first-degree murder, armed kidnapping, and sexual battery of Dawnia Dacosta and sentenced to the penalties of death, life imprisonment, and fifteen years' imprisonment, respectively. Boyd v. State, 910 So.2d 167, 176–77 (Fla.2005).
On direct appeal, we set forth the relevant factual and procedural background as follows:
Id. at 174–77 (footnotes omitted). This Court affirmed Boyd's convictions and sentence of death. Id. at 194.
On February 14, 2007, Boyd filed a Motion to Vacate Judgment of Conviction and Sentences with Special Request for Leave to Amend, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. He raised the following claims: (1) denial of access to public...
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