Harold Gene Lucas v. State of Florida

Summary

The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s denial of Harold Gene Lucas’s post‑conviction motion seeking relief under the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Hurst v. Florida. The Court held that Hurst does not apply retroactively to Lucas’s death sentence, which became final in 1993, and therefore the motion was properly denied. The opinion also warned that any rehearing motion containing reargument will be stricken.