James Aren Duckett v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC16-793 ____________ JAMES AREN DUCKETT, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. [October 12, 2017] PER CURIAM. James Aren Duckett, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the circuit court’s order summarily denying his second successive motion for postconviction relief, which was filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the postconviction court’s denial of relief. I. BACKGROUND In 1988, Duckett was convicted of the 1987 first-degree…