Dusty Ray Spencer, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee.

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Spencer's successive postconviction motion. It held that he was not entitled to relief under the governing capital-sentencing decisions because his sentence became final before the relevant constitutional cutoff, and that his remaining claims were untimely, procedurally barred, or foreclosed by precedent. Justice Pariente, dissenting, would have granted a new penalty phase because Spencer was resentenced to death without a jury after the original sentence was vacated.