BEVEL v. STATE

Nos. SC14-770, SC14-2106.

221 So.3d 1168 (2017)

Thomas BEVEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. Thomas Bevel, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Tassone of Tassone & Dreicer, LLC, Jacksonville. Florida; and Rick A. Sichta , Susanne K. Sichta , and Joe Hamrick of The Sichta Firm, LLC., Jacksonville, Florida, for Appellant/Petitioner

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Carine L. Mitz , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellee/Respondent

Stephen K. Harper , Clinical Professor, Death Penalty Clinic, Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida; and Stuart L. Hartstone , Acting Executive Director, Florida Capital Resource Center, Miami, Florida, for Amici Curiae The Florida Capital Resource Center and The Death Penalty Clinic at Florida International University College of Law.

Robert C. Josefsberg of Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, Florida; Robert G. Kerrigan of Kerrigan, Estess, Rankin, McLeod & Thompson, LLP, Pensacola, Florida; Karen M. Gottlieb of Florida Center for Capital Representation, Miami, Florida; and Sonya Rudenstine , Gainesville, Florida, for Amici Curiae Justice Harry Lee Anstead, Judge Rosemary Barkett, Martha Barnett, Talbot D'Alemberte, Hank Coxe, Justice Gerald Kogan, Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Florida Capital Resource Center, and Florida Center for Capital Representation.


In this appeal from the denial of an initial motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851, death-sentenced prisoner Thomas Bevel raises the sole claim that his attorney provided constitutionally ineffective assistance during the penalty phase of his...

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