State of Florida v. Bessman Okafor

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC20-323 ____________ STATE OF FLORIDA, Petitioner, vs. BESSMAN OKAFOR, Respondent. November 25, 2020 PER CURIAM. This case is before the Court on a petition filed by the State of Florida. See art. V, § 3(b)(7), Fla. Const. The State asks us to reinstate the 2015 death sentence of Bessman Okafor, which we vacated on direct appeal in 2017 under the then- applicable rule of Hurst v. State,

202 So. 3d 40

(Fla. 2016). We partially receded from Hurst in State v. Poole,

297 So. 3d 487

(Fla. 2020), and Okafor’s resentencing has yet to occur. The State argues…