Case Title: Valentine v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: SC18-1102

State: florida

Court: Florida Supreme Court

Date: 2020-06-04T00:00:00Z

Document:
Supreme Court of Florida 
 
 
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No. SC18-1102 
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TERANCE VALENTINE, 
Appellant, 
 
vs. 
 
STATE OF FLORIDA, 
Appellee. 
 
June 4, 2020 
 
PER CURIAM. 
 
This case is before the Court on appeal from an order denying a successive 
motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 
3.851.1  We affirm the denial of relief. 
 
First, Valentine’s claim relating to the legal name of one of his victims, to 
whom he had been married, is untimely and procedurally barred.  See Fla. R. Crim. 
P. 3.851(d)(1) (“Any motion to vacate judgment of conviction and sentence of 
death shall be filed by the defendant within 1 year after the judgment and sentence 
 
 
1.  We have jurisdiction.  See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. 
 
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become final.”); Hendrix v. State, 136 So. 3d 1122, 1125 (Fla. 2014) (“Claims 
raised and rejected in prior postconviction proceedings are procedurally barred 
from being litigated in a successive motion.”).  This information was known to 
Valentine and raised during his initial postconviction proceedings.  See Valentine 
v. State, 98 So. 3d 44, 50 n.8, 51 (Fla. 2012). 
 
Second, the trial court properly denied Valentine Hurst2 relief because he 
waived his right to a penalty phase jury.  See Twilegar v. State, 228 So. 3d 550, 
551 (Fla. 2017) (“[T]he Hurst decisions do not apply to defendants like Twilegar 
who waived a penalty phase jury.”). 
 
Accordingly, we affirm the denial of Valentine’s successive motion for 
postconviction relief. 
 
It is so ordered. 
CANADY, C.J., and POLSTON, LABARGA, LAWSON, and MUÑIZ, JJ., 
concur. 
COURIEL, J., did not participate. 
 
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION AND, 
IF FILED, DETERMINED. 
 
An Appeal from the Circuit Court in and for Hillsborough County, 
Michelle Sisco, Judge - Case No. 291988CF012996000AHC 
Marie-Louise Samuels Parmer and Maria DeLiberato of Parmer DeLiberato. P.A., 
Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
2.  Hurst v. Florida, 136 S. Ct. 616 (2016); Hurst v. State, 202 So. 3d 40 
(Fla. 2016). 
 
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for Appellant 
 
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Rick A. Buchwalter, 
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, 
 
 
for Appellee