Timothy Lee Hurst v. State of Florida

This case comes before the Court on remand from the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Hurst v. Florida, — U.S. —, 136 S.Ct. 616, 193 L.Ed.2d 504 (2016) (Hurst v. Florida), following its certiorari review and reversal of our decision in Hurst v. State, 147 So.3d 435 (Fla.2014) (Hurst v. State). In that ease, we affirmed Timothy Lee Hurst’s death sentence, which was imposed after a second penalty phase sentencing proceeding. We held there, consistent with longstanding precedent, that Florida’s capital sentencing scheme was not violative of the Sixth Amendment or the United States…