Legal Opinion
John Steven Huggins v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 9, 2014No. SC11-219, SC12-2161PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
John Steven Huggins appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the following reasons, we affirm the denial of Huggins’ motion and deny his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
OVERVIEW
Huggins was convicted of the June 1997 murder of Carla Larson and sentenced to death. After discovering that the State committed a Brady 1 violation, the…
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