STATE v. SMITH

No. SC17-1542.

251 So.3d 807 (2018)

STATE of Florida, Appellant, v. Joseph P. SMITH, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

April 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Christina Z. Pacheco , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellant.

James Vincent Viggiano, Jr. , Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Ann Marie Mirialakis and Ali A. Shakoor , Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Middle Region, Temple Terrace, Florida, for Appellee.


This case is before the Court on appeal from an order granting a successive motion to vacate a sentence of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Because the order concerns postconviction relief from a sentence of death, we have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

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