Michael Bernard Bell v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC18-1713 ____________ MICHAEL BERNARD BELL, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. November 7, 2019 PER CURIAM. Michael Bernard Bell, a prisoner under two sentences of death, appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his second successive motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction, see art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const., and review the summary denial de novo, see Rodgers v. State, 242 So. 3d 276, 276 n.1 (Fla. 2018). Bell’s first-degree murder convictions and sentences of…