Legal Opinion

John D. Freeman v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided August 13, 2020No. SC19-1532Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC19-1532 ____________ JOHN D. FREEMAN, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. August 13, 2020 PER CURIAM. John D. Freeman, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the circuit court’s order summarily denying his second successive motion for postconviction relief. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order. FACTS In 1986, John D. Freeman was convicted of the first-degree felony murder of Leonard Collier and burglary with an assault. Freeman v. State (Freeman I), 563 1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. So. 2d 73,…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Hurst v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. Timothy Lee Hurst v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  5. Hall v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2014

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