Grover B. Reed v. State of Florida

We have for review Grover B. Reed's appeal of the postconviction court's order denying Reed's motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851.1 Because we conclude that the judge who heard this motion should have recused herself, we reverse the postconviction court's order and remand for a different trial judge to consider Reed's postconviction motion.

FACTS AND BACKGROUND

Reed was sentenced to death following a jury's recommendation for death by a vote of eleven to one. Reed v. State , 560 So.2d 203, 204 (Fla. 1990). His sentence of death became final in 1990. Reed v. Florida…