Legal Opinion
& SC14-567 Ronald Knight v. State of Florida & Ronald Knight v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 15, 2016No. SC13-820; SC14-567PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Ronald Knight appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 1 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 8(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the postconviction court’s denial of relief and, deny habeas relief. 2
FACTS
After a nonjury trial, Knight was convicted of first-degree murder in the 1993 shooting death of Richard Kunkel. Knight v. State, 770 So.2d 663, 664 (Fla. 2000). He was also…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Ronald Knight v. Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2020
- Richard E. Lynch v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
- Andrew Richard Allred v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Barry A. Noetzel v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2021
- Jesse Bell v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2025
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