Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson v. State of Florida

*881 Jeffrey Glenn Hutchinson appeals an order of the circuit court summarily denying a motion to vacate a judgment of conviction of first-degree murder and a sentence of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm the circuit court's summary denial of Hutchinson's postconviction claim in light of our decisions in Brant v. State , 197 So.3d 1051 , 1079 (Fla. 2016), and Mullens v. State , 197 So.3d 16 , 38-40 (Fla. 2016).

Hutchinson murdered Renee Flaherty and her three children, Logan, Amanda, and Geoffrey. Hutchinson v.…