Howard Steven Ault v. State of Florida

Howard Steven Ault, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals from an order denying a motion to vacate convictions for first-degree murder and sentences of death under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Because the order concerns *672postconviction relief from a capital conviction for which a sentence of death was imposed, this Court has jurisdiction of the appeal under article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the postconvietion court’s denial of postconvietion relief on Ault’s guilt phase claims and do not address his penalty phase claims…