& SC16-183 William A. Gregory v. State of Florida and William A. Gregory v. Julie L. Jones, etc.

William A. Gregory appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his convictions of first-degree murder and sentences of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habe-as corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the postconviction court’s order denying postconviction relief *724as to the guilt phase. However, we reverse the death sentences and remand for a new penalty phase based on Hurst v. State (Hurst), 202 So.3d 40 (Fla. 2016), cert. denied, — U.S.…