David Beasher Snelgrove, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee; David Beasher Snelgrove, Petitioner, v. Julie L…

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Snelgrove's postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition, concluding that he failed to establish ineffective assistance or entitlement to relief based on intellectual disability. However, because his death sentences became final during the period covered by the retroactive capital-sentencing rule and the jury's death recommendations were nonunanimous, the court vacated both death sentences and remanded for a new penalty phase. Justice Pariente, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would also have ordered a new intellectual-disability hearing, while Justice Polston would not have vacated the death sentences.