Supreme Court of Florida

Dominick A. Occhicone, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee

January 30, 2018235 So. 3d 299

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Occhicone’s postconviction motion seeking relief based on Hurst. Because his death sentence became final in 1991, the Court held that Hurst did not apply retroactively to his sentence. Justice Pariente, concurring in result, stated that she was bound by the finality of the Court’s controlling precedent but continued to adhere to her contrary views expressed previously.