Case Name: Charles Kenneth FOSTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2018-01-29
Citations: 235 So. 3d 290
Docket Number: No. SC17-1383
Parties: Charles Kenneth FOSTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LABARGA, C.J., and QUINCE, . POLSTON, and LAWSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 235
Pages: 290–292

Head Matter:
Charles Kenneth FOSTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. SC17-1383
Supreme Court of Florida.
[January 29, 2018]
James Vincent Viggiano, Jr., Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Mark S. Gru-ber, Julie A. Morley, and Margaret S. Russell, Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Middle Region, Temple Terrace, Florida; and Billy • H. Ñolas, Chief, Capital Habeas Unit, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Northern District of. Florida, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellant
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, for Appellee

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Charles Kenneth Foster's appeal of the circuit court's order denying Foster's motion filed, pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. This Court has .jurisdiction. See. art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.,
Foster's motion sought relief pursuant to the United States Supreme Court's decision in Hurst v. Florida, — U.S. -, 136 S.Ct. 616, 193 L.Ed.2d 504 (2016), and our decision on remand in Hurst v. State (Hurst), 202 So.3d 40 (Fla. 2016), cert. denied, — U.S.-, 137 S.Ct. 2161, 198 L.Ed.2d 246 (2017). This, Court stayed Foster's appeal pending the disposition of Hitchcock v. State, 226 So.3d 216 (Fla. 203.7), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 138 S.Ct. 513, 199 L.Ed.2d 396 (2017). After this Court decided Hitchcock, Foster responded to this Court's order to show cause arguing why Hitchcock should not be dispositive in this case.
After reviewing Foster's response to the order to show cause, as well as the State's arguments in reply, we Conclude that Foster is not entitled to relief. Foster- was sentenced to death following a jury's recommendation for death by a vote of eight to four. Foster v. State, 654 So.2d 112, 113 (Fla. 1995). Foster's sentence of death became final in 1995. Foster v. Florida, 516 U.S. 920, 116 S.Ct. 314, 133 L.Ed.2d 217 (1995). Thus, Hurst does not apply retroactively to Foster's sentence of death. See Hitchcock, 226 So.3d at 217. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of Foster's- motion.
The-Court having carefully considered all arguments raised by Foster, we caution that any rehearing motion containing rear-gument 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.