Legal Opinion

Alphonso Cave v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 11, 2020No. SC18-1750Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC18-1750 ____________ ALPHONSO CAVE, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. June 11, 2020 PER CURIAM. Alphonso Cave appeals an order summarily denying his successive motion for postconviction relief, which was filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851.1 We affirm the denial of relief. In 1982, Cave was convicted of the first-degree murder of Frances Slater, robbery with a firearm, and kidnapping. See Cave v. State,

476 So. 2d 180, 182

(Fla. 1985). He was sentenced to death for Ms. Slater’s murder, and on direct appeal, we affirmed Cave’s…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Hurst v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. Timothy Lee Hurst v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  5. Hall v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2014

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