Legal Opinion

William Earl Sweet v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided May 24, 2018No. SC17-1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Per curiam

William Earl Sweet appeals the postconviction court's order denying his sixth successive motion for postconviction relief based on a claim of newly discovered evidence after an evidentiary hearing. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the postconviction court's order denying Sweet relief.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

In 1991, a jury convicted Sweet of one count of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted first-degree murder, and one count of burglary. Sweet v. State ( Sweet I ), 624 So.2d 1138 , 1139 (Fla. 1993). On direct appeal, this Court explained the details underlying Sweet's convictions:

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2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Ring v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  3. Timothy Lee Hurst v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  4. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1991
  5. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998

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3Cited by5 opinions

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