& SC14-2106 Thomas Bevel v. State of Florida and Thomas Bevel v. Julie L. Jones, etc.

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC14-770 ____________ THOMAS BEVEL, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. ____________ No. SC14-2106 ____________ THOMAS BEVEL, Petitioner, vs. JULIE L. JONES, etc., Respondent. [June 15, 2017] PER CURIAM. In this appeal from the denial of an initial motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851, death-sentenced prisoner Thomas Bevel raises the sole claim that his attorney provided constitutionally ineffective assistance during the penalty phase of his capital murder trial. Bevel also raises, in an…