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 post-conviction claims and denied his habeas petition, concluding that counsel was not ineffective for failing to call an additional school witness on intellectual disability and that the remaining claims did not warrant relief. Because Snelgrove's death sentences became final after the relevant constitutional decision and the penalty-phase jury recommendations were nonunanimous, the court vacated both death sentences and ordered a new penalty phase. Justice Pariente, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would have required a new intellectual-disability hearing, while Justice Polston, joined by Justices Canady and Lawson, would not have vacated the death sentences.