Troy v. State

John Troy appeals an order of the circuit court summarily denying his first postconviction motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal *831Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we affirm the circuit court’s order denying Troy’s motion for postconviction relief.

OVERVIEW

Troy, who was thirty-one years old at the time of the crimes, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2001 first-degree murder of Bonnie Carroll in Sarasota, Florida. Troy was also convicted…