Legal Opinion
Butler v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided July 12, 2012No. Nos. SC10-1133, SC10-2458PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Harry Lee Butler was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the March 1997 murder of his former girl-*644Mend, Leslie Fleming. This Court affirmed Butler’s conviction and death sentence on direct appeal. See Butler v. State, 842 So.2d 817 (Fla.2003). On July 13, 2004, Butler filed a motion to vacate his conviction and death sentence pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 in the Sixth Judicial Circuit in and for Pinellas County. Butler filed an amended rule 3.851 motion on February 4, 2005. The postconviction court held three evi-dentiary hearings on the motion,…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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