LAWRENCE v. STATE

No. SC18-1172.

296 So.3d 892 (2020)

Gary LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 11, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Friedman , Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Stacy Biggart and Matletha Bennette , Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Northern Region, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Janine D. Robinson , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellee.

Billy H. Nolas , Chief, Capital Habeas Unit, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern District of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, for Amicus Curiae.


Gary Lawrence appeals an order summarily denying his second successive motion for postconviction relief, which was filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851.1 We affirm the denial of relief.

In 1995, Lawrence was convicted of the first-degree murder of Michael Finken, conspiracy to commit murder...

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