Marek v. State

John Richard Marek, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the postconviction court’s orders denying his third and fourth successive motions for postconvic tion relief, which were filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons stated below, we affirm the postconviction court’s orders denying relief.

I. BACKGROUND

Marek was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping, attempted burglary, and battery in the 1983 murder of Adella Marie Simmons and was sentenced to death. We affirmed the murder conviction and…