James Ernest Hitchcock v. State of Florida

James Ernest Hitchcock is a prisoner under sentence of death whose sentence became final' in 2000. See Hitchcock v. State, 755 So.2d 638 (Fla.), cert. denied, 531 U.S. 1040, 121 S.Ct. 633, 148 L.E.d.2d 541 (2000). Following the United States Supreme Court’s debisión in- Hurst v. Florida, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 616, 193 L.Ed.2d 504 (2016), and this Court’s decision on remand in Hurst v. State, 202 So.3d 40 (Fla. 2016), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 2161, 198 L.Ed.2d 246 (2017), Hitchcock filed a successive motion *217for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851,…