SALAZAR v. STATE

Nos. SC13-1233, SC14-887.

188 So.3d 799 (2016)

Neil K. SALAZAR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Neil K. Salazar, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Adam Sichta and Joseph Stewart Hamrick of The Sichta Firm, LLC., Jacksonville, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL; Leslie T. Campbell , Assistant Attorney General, and Katherine Yzquierdo McIntire , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.


Salazar appeals an 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 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons that follow, we remand for a new penalty phase and deny his habeas petition.

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