STATE v. VICTORINO

Case No. 5D23-1569.

372 So.3d 772 (2023)

STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Troy VICTORINO and Jerone Hunter, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied October 17, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Christina Z. Pacheco , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, and Doris Meacham , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Petitioner.

Ann E. Finnell and Gonzalo Andux , of Finnell, McGuinness, Nezami & Andux, P.A., Jacksonville, for Respondent Troy Victorino.

Garry Wood , Palatka, and Allison Ferber Miller , of Ripley Whisenhunt, PLLC, Pinellas Park, for Respondent Jerone Hunter.


We previously granted the State's emergency petition for writ of certiorari. This opinion explains that decision.

I.

In August 2004, Respondents bludgeoned six people to death in Deltona. The Supreme Court of Florida summarized the scene of the murders as follows:

On the morning of August 6, 2004, a coworker of...

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