Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 19, 2013No. Nos. SC12-2006, SC12-238PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Per curiam
Michael James Jackson seeks review of an order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his judgment of convictions and sentences of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habe-as corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const.
BACKGROUND
Trial Court Proceedings
A jury convicted Michael James Jackson for the first-degree murders of Carol and James (“Reggie”) Sumner along with two counts of robbery and two counts of kidnapping. Jackson v. State, 18 So.3d 1016, 1020 (Fla.2009). The jury recommended death by a…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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