Kelley v. State

Kelley appeals a trial court order denying his successive postconviction motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. 1 For the reasons explained below, we affirm the trial court’s order and deny the habeas petition.

I. BACKGROUND

In 1984, William Harold Kelley was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1966 first-degree murder of Charles Von Maxcy. This Court affirmed Kelley’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal. Kelley v. State, 486 So.2d 578 (Fla.1986). Additionally, we affirmed the denial of Kelley’s first…