Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight v. State of Florida

Askari Abdullah Muhammad f/k/a Thomas Knight,1 a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals from the denial of his successive motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. Muhammad filed the instant successive postconviction proceeding after Governor Rick Scott signed a death warrant on October 21, 2013. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the circuit court’s order denying postconviction relief on the claims raised in his successive postconviction motion, but we reverse the court’s…