Louis B. Gaskin v. State of Florida & Louis B. Gaskin v. Ricky D. Dixon

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Gaskin’s third successive motion for postconviction relief and denied his habeas petition, stay motion, and request for oral argument. It held that the mitigation and Hurst claims were procedurally barred, that prolonged confinement on death row did not establish cruel and unusual punishment, and that any instructional error concerning the aggravating circumstance was harmless as to both murders. The court also declined to revisit its prior harmless-error ruling concerning one victim and applied that analysis expressly to the other.