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Tavares J. WRIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 16, 2017No. SC13-1213PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REVISED OPINION

2Per curiam

This case is before the Court on appeal from an order denying Tavares Jarrod Wright’s initial motion to vacate his convictions and sentences under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851, as well as Wright’s renewed motion to determine intellectual disability filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.203. We have jurisdiction. See Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

FACTS AND BACKGROUND

On November 13, 2004, a jury found Wright guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of robbery, and one count of carjacking. See Wright v. State,…

3Cases cited70 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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4Cited by8 opinions

  1. Dennis T. Glover v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
  2. Tavares J. Wright v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
  3. Richard E. Lynch v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
  4. James Aren Duckett v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
  5. State of Florida v. Damani SpencerSupreme Court of Florida · 2017

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