Case Name: Jeffrey Lee ATWATER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2018-01-23
Citations: 234 So. 3d 550
Docket Number: No. SC17-926
Parties: Jeffrey Lee ATWATER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: LABARGA, C.J., and QUINCE, POLSTON, and LAWSON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 234
Pages: 550–551

Head Matter:
Jeffrey Lee ATWATER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. SC17-926
Supreme Court of Florida.
[January 23, 2018]
James Vigianno, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Mark S. Gruber, and Julie A. Morley, Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Temple Terrace, Florida, for Appellant
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Marilyn Muir Beccue, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
We have for review Jeffrey Lee Atwa-ter's appeal of the circuit court's order denying Atwater's motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. This Court has jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.
Atwater'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 At-water's appeal pending the disposition of Hitchcock v. State, 226 So.3d 216 (Fla. 2017), cert. denied, — U.S. —, 138 S.Ct. 513, 199 L.Ed.2d 396 (2017). After this Court decided Hitchcock, Atwater responded to this Court's order to show cause arguing why Hitchcock should not be dispositive in this case.
After reviewing Atwater's response to the order to show cause, as well as the State's arguments in reply, we conclude that Atwater is not entitled to relief. Atwa-ter was sentenced to death following a jury's recommendation for death by a vote of eleven to one. Atwater v. State, 626 So.2d 1325, 1327 (Fla. 1993), Atwater's sentence of death became final in 1994. Atwater v. Florida, 511 U.S. 1046, 114 S.Ct. 1578, 128 L.Ed.2d 221 (1994). Thus, Hurst does not apply retroactively to At-water's sentence of death. See Hitchcock, 226 So.3d at 217. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of Atwater's motion.
The Court having carefully considered all arguments raised by Atwater, 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.