Court Opinion

ID: 9876681
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-27 15:29:09.945534+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:48:53.401865
License: Public Domain

LAWSON, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur with the majority’s decision to vacate Bevel’s death sentence for the Stringfield murder and remand for a- new penalty phase based upon, Hurst error that is not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. See Okafor v. State, No. SC15-2136, slip op. at 15, — So.3d —, —, 2017 WL *11952481266. (Fla. June 8, 2017) (Lawson, J., concurring specially). However, I- would not grant Bevel a new penalty phase for the Sims' murder because, as explained in Justice Canady’s concurring in part and dissenting in part opinion, Bevel’s counsel was not ineffective during the penalty phase.