Michael L. King v. State of Florida

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the summary denial of Michael King's successive postconviction motion and denied his concurrent motions to vacate his death sentence and stay his March 17, 2026 execution. The court found no error in the circuit court's denial of King's rule 3.852(h) and (i) demand for additional Department of Corrections records, concluding that lethal-injection inventory logs do not show protocol maladministration and that King identified no colorable equal protection or due process injury, and it held that his Eighth Amendment claim premised on 'newly discovered' evidence of his humanity was untimely, procedurally barred, and meritless. Finding the record conclusive that King is entitled to no relief, the court ordered the mandate to issue immediately and stated it would entertain no motion for rehearing.