Legal Opinion

David Kelsey Sparre v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 4, 2025No. SC2024-1512Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2024-1512 ____________ DAVID KELSEY SPARRE, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. December 4, 2025 GROSSHANS, J. David Kelsey Sparre, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the circuit court’s order summarily denying his second successive motion for postconviction relief, filed under rule 3.851 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm. I In 2010, law enforcement found Tiara Pool dead in her apartment in Jacksonville, Florida. She had been stabbed roughly 1. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, §…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Wainwright v. WittSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. Duren v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  4. Lockhart v. McCreeSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Spencer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1993

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