Legal Opinion

Stephen Todd Booker v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 17, 2022No. SC21-763Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC21-763 ____________ STEPHEN TODD BOOKER, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. February 3, 2022 CORRECTED OPINION PER CURIAM. Stephen Todd Booker—a prisoner under sentence of death— appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his sixth successive motion for postconviction relief, filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. 1 We affirm. I. Background In 1978, Booker broke into ninety-four-year-old Lorine Harmon’s home and then raped and murdered her. We 1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V. § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. summarized the facts…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  3. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  4. Guzman v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2003
  5. Tompkins v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008

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