Tavares J. Wright v. State of Florida

Summary

On remand from a vacatur-and-remand order, the court reconsidered whether intervening Supreme Court guidance required a different result on Wright's intellectual-disability claim. It held that the intervening decision did not affect the prior determination because Florida courts accounted for the standard error of measurement, applied current medical standards, and relied on competent, substantial evidence rejecting both the intellectual-functioning and adaptive-functioning prongs. The court therefore reaffirmed the denial of postconviction relief.