John Lee Hampton, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee; John Lee Hampton, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of relief on Hampton’s guilt-phase ineffective-assistance claims and upheld the determination that he was not intellectually disabled. It granted habeas relief because the State failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the unconstitutional penalty-phase procedure was harmless, given the nonunanimous death recommendation and the absence of unanimous findings on the facts required for death. The court vacated the death sentence and remanded for a new penalty phase. POLSTON, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part, would have affirmed the death sentence rather than vacating it under Hurst.