Legal Opinion

James Terry Colley, Jr. v. State of Florida & James Terry Colley, Jr. v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 30, 2025No. SC2024-1011 & SC2024-1647Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2024-1011 ____________ JAMES TERRY COLLEY, JR., Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ____________ No. SC2024-1647 ____________ JAMES TERRY COLLEY, JR., Petitioner, vs. SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent. December 30, 2025 PER CURIAM. James Terry Colley, Jr., appeals an order denying his motion to vacate his convictions and sentences—including two convictions for first-degree murder and two sentences of death—filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  5. Hurst v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016

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