Paul Augustus Howell v. State of Florida

Paul Augustus Howell is a prisoner under sentence of death for whom a death warrant has been signed and execution set for February 26, 2014. Howell was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death when the bomb he constructed, for the specific purpose of killing a witness, instead detonated and killed a Florida Highway Patrol Trooper. Howell v. State, 707 So.2d 674, 683 (Fla.1998) (affirming Howell’s convictions and death sentence on direct appeal).

Howell now appeals the denial of his amended third successive motion for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of…