Samuel L. Smithers v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2025-1507 ____________ SAMUEL L. SMITHERS, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. October 7, 2025 PER CURIAM. Samuel L. Smithers, a prisoner under two sentences of death and an active death warrant, appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his successive motion to vacate his sentences of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. As we explain below, we affirm the summary denial of Smithers’ postconviction motion. I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND The opinion on direct appeal, Smithers v. State,

826 So. 2d 916, 918

(Fla.…