Harry Jones v. State of Florida

Harry Jones, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the circuit court's order summarily denying his successive motion for postconviction relief, which was filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

Jones was convicted of the 1991 first-degree murder of George Wilson Young, Jr. Jones v. State , 648 So.2d 669 , 672-73 (Fla. 1994), cert. denied , 515 U.S. 1147 , 115 S.Ct. 2588 , 132 L.Ed.2d 836 (1995). The jury recommended a death sentence by a vote of ten to two, and the trial judge followed the jury's recommendation and…