Legal Opinion

Jermaine Foster v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided December 28, 2018No. SC17-2198Published

1Opinion of the Court

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC17-2198 ____________ JERMAINE FOSTER, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. December 28, 2018 PER CURIAM. This case is before the Court on appeal from an order denying a successive motion to vacate two sentences of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. Foster contends that the postconviction court erred in summarily denying the three claims raised in his motion. The first claim is one of intellectual disability, raised pursuant to the United States Supreme Court’s decision…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  4. Hurst v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  5. Timothy Lee Hurst v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016

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