State v. Murray

The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the trial court partially granting and partially denying Gerald Delane Murray’s initial motion for postconviction relief under Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.851 and denying Murray’s successive postconviction motion, and further denied Murray’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Murray was not entitled to relief on any of his claims on appeal.Murray was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death after four trials and three convictions. The Supreme Court affirmed. Thereafter, Murray filed a motion for postconviction relief that was amended four times. The postconviction court granted a new penalty phase pursuant to Hurst but denied relief on all other claims. The postconviction court summarily denied relief on Appellant’s successive motion for postconviction relief. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not err by granting Murray a new penalty phase pursuant to Hurst; (2) the trial court properly denied Murray’s other initial postconviction motion claims; (3) the summary denial of Appellant’s successive postconviction motion was not in error; and (4) Appellant was not entitled to habeas relief on any of his claims. View "State v. Murray" on Justia Law