Legal Opinion
& SC14-887 Neil K. Salazar v. State of Florida and Neil K. Salazar v. Julie L. Jones, etc.
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided February 18, 2016No. SC13-1233, SC14-887PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Salazar 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 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons that follow, we remand for a new penalty phase and deny his habeas petition. 1
I. BACKGROUND
The relevant facts were summarized in this Court’s opinion on direct appeal:
In the mid-1990s, Ronze “June Bug” Cummings and his girlfriend, Evelyn “Jenny” Nutter, moved from Fort Laud-erdale to Fort Drum. The couple lived in a house adjacent to an…
2Cases cited67 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Dennis T. Glover v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Ronnie Keith Williams v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- & SC16-124 David Beasher Snelgrove v. State of Florida and David Beasher Snelgrove v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Tavares J. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, AppelleeSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
- Kenneth Darcell Quince v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
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