Scott Mansfield v. State of Florida

This case is before this Court on appeal from an order denying Scott Mansfield’s 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. For the reasons below, we affirm.

Mansfield was convicted of the first-degree murder of Sara Robles and sentenced to death. Evidence against Mansfield included “the testimony of convicted felon Michael Derrick Johns who recounted a ... conversation [in a courthouse holding cell] with Mansfield in which Mansfield confessed…