Case Title: Dillbeck v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC17-847

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2018-01-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC17-847 
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DONALD DAVID DILLBECK,  
Appellant, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA,  
Appellee. 
 
[January 24, 2018] 
 
 
 
PER CURIAM. 
We have for review Donald David Dillbeck’s appeal of the circuit court’s 
order denying Dillbeck’s motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal 
Procedure 3.851.  This Court has jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.   
Dillbeck’s motion sought relief pursuant to the United States Supreme 
Court’s decision in Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016), and our decision on 
remand in Hurst v. State (Hurst), 202 So. 3d 40 (Fla. 2016), cert. denied, 137 S. Ct. 
2161 (2017).  This Court stayed Dillbeck’s appeal pending the disposition of 
Hitchcock v. State, 226 So. 3d 216 (Fla. 2017), cert. denied, 138 S. Ct. 513 (2017).  
 
 
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After this Court decided Hitchcock, Dillbeck responded to this Court’s order to 
show cause arguing why Hitchcock should not be dispositive in this case. 
After reviewing Dillbeck’s response to the order to show cause, as well as 
the State’s arguments in reply, we conclude that Dillbeck is not entitled to relief.  
Dillbeck was sentenced to death following a jury’s recommendation for death by a 
vote of eight to four.  Dillbeck v. State, 643 So. 2d 1027, 1028 (Fla. 1994).  
Dillbeck’s sentence of death became final in 1995.  Dillbeck v. Florida, 514 U.S. 
1022 (1995).  Thus, Hurst does not apply retroactively to Dillbeck’s sentence of 
death.  See Hitchcock, 226 So. 3d at 217.  Accordingly, we affirm the denial of 
Dillbeck’s motion. 
The Court having carefully considered all arguments raised by Dillbeck, we 
caution that any rehearing motion containing reargument will be stricken.  It is so 
ordered. 
LABARGA, C.J., and QUINCE, POLSTON, and LAWSON, JJ., concur. 
PARIENTE, J., concurs in result with an opinion. 
LEWIS and CANADY, JJ., concur in result. 
PARIENTE, J., concurring in result. 
I concur in result because I recognize that this Court’s opinion in Hitchcock 
v. State, 226 So. 3d 216 (Fla. 2017), cert. denied, 138 S. Ct. 513 (2017), is now 
final.  However, I continue to adhere to the views expressed in my dissenting 
opinion in Hitchcock. 
 
 
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An Appeal from the Circuit Court in and for Leon County,  
Angela Cote Dempsey, Judge - Case No. 371990CF002795AXXXXX 
 
Baya Harrison, III, Monticello, Florida, 
 
for Appellant 
 
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant 
Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, 
 
for Appellee