Legal Opinion
Foster v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided October 17, 2013No. SC11-1761PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
Kevin Don Foster appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 to vacate the judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. Because the order concerns post-conviction relief from a capital conviction for which a sentence of death was imposed, this Court has jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the circuit court’s order denying postconviction relief.
FACTS AND BACKGROUND
Kevin Foster was convicted of the April 1996 first-degree murder of…
2Cases cited102 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Helling v. McKinneySupreme Court of the United States · 1993
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Michael Gordon Reynolds v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
- Juan Carlos Chavez v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2014
- Kevin Don Foster v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
- & SC13-1787 Steven Douglas Hayward v. State of Florida and Steven Douglas Hayward v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2015
- & SC13-1959 Lucious Boyd v. State of Florida & Lucious Boyd v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2015
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