Robert Ira Peede v. State of Florida
Robert Ira Peede v. State of Florida
Opinion
*1182 We have for review Robert Ira Peede's appeal of the postconviction court's order denying Peede's motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. This Court has jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.
Peede's motion sought relief pursuant to the United States Supreme Court's decision in
Hurst v. Florida
, --- U.S. ----,
Having reviewed the arguments presented, we conclude that the postconviction court properly denied Peede's claims. Peede was sentenced to death following a jury's recommendation for death by a vote of eleven to one.
See
Peede v. State
,
After carefully considering all arguments raised by Peede, we caution that any rehearing motion containing reargument will be stricken.
It is so ordered.
LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, and LABARGA, JJ., concur.
CANADY, C.J., concurs in result.
PARIENTE, J., concurs in result with an opinion.
LAWSON, J., recused.
PARIENTE, J., concurring in result.
As in prior Hitchcock 3 -related cases, I concur in result because I recognize that this Court's opinion in Hitchcock is now final. However, I continue to adhere to the views expressed in my dissenting opinion in Hitchcock that Hurst 4 should apply retroactively to defendants like Peede.
*1183
Hitchcock
,
Applying
Hurst
to Peede's case, in addition to the jury's nonunanimous recommendation for death by a vote of eleven to one, this Court determined on direct appeal that the cold, calculated, and premeditated (CCP) aggravating factor was not supported by the evidence.
Peede v. State
,
Peede argued that the postconviction court erred in denying his claim that Governor Scott's reassignment of Peede's case from State Attorney Aramis Ayala to State Attorney Brad King violates Peede's rights to due process and equal protection and injects arbitrariness into his capital proceedings in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. We conclude that this issue is moot because the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit reversed the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida's granting a new penalty phase, and the Supreme Court denied certiorari review.
Peede v. Attorney General
, 715 Fed. App'x 923, 924 (11th Cir. 2017),
cert. denied
,
Peede v. Jones
, --- U.S. ----,
Although the jury's vote to recommend death was not included in this Court's opinion on direct appeal, the direct appeal record establishes that Peede's jury recommended death by a vote of eleven to one.
Hitchcock v. State
,
Hurst v. State
(
Hurst
),
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Robert Ira PEEDE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
- Status
- Published