Thomas Lee Gudinas v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Gudinas’s third successive postconviction motion, denied his public-records demand, and denied a stay of execution. It held that Gudinas’s claims based on alleged brain impairment, mental illness, and his age at the time of the offense were untimely, procedurally barred, and meritless, and that the court lacked authority to expand existing constitutional exemptions from execution. The court also rejected constitutional challenges to Florida’s conformity clause and the time-bar exceptions governing successive postconviction motions, and upheld the denial of records concerning clemency and warrant selection.