State of Florida v. Raymond Bright

This is an appeal from an order entered on Raymond Bright’s initial motion to vacate his convictions of first-degree murder and sentences of death filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. The State of Florida appeals the postcon-viction court order to the extent that it granted Bright a new penalty phase trial. Bright cross-appealed the postconviction court’s order to the extent that it denied his challenges to the convictions. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. As explained below, we affirm the postconviction court’s order and remand this case to the…