King v. State
Decision Date | 26 January 2017 |
Docket Number | No. SC14–1949,SC14–1949 |
Citation | 211 So.3d 866 |
Parties | Michael L. KING, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. |
Court | Florida Supreme Court |
James Vincent Viggiano, Jr., Capital Collateral Regional Counsel—Middle Region, and Maria Christine Perinetti, Raheela Ahmed, and Donna Ellen Venable, Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel—Middle Region, Tampa, Florida, for Appellant
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida; Scott Andrew Browne, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Carol Marie Dittmar, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee
This case is before the Court on appeal from an order denying Appellant Michael L. King's motion to vacate a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction of the appeal under article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the circuit court's denial of relief on all claims. We also conclude that King is not entitled to relief pursuant to the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Hurst v. Florida (Hurst v. Florida ), ––– U.S. ––––, 136 S.Ct. 616, 193 L.Ed.2d 504 (2016).
King was sentenced to death for the 2008 murder of Denise Amber Lee. King v. State , 89 So.3d 209, 212 (Fla. 2012). This Court detailed the facts of the murder and subsequent trial in King's initial appeal:
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