# & SC14-2106 Thomas Bevel v. State of Florida and Thomas Bevel v. Julie L. Jones, etc.

> Supreme Court of Florida · June 15, 2017 · 221 So. 3d 1168

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9876681

## Case

- **Full name:** Thomas BEVEL, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee; Thomas Bevel, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones, Etc., Respondent
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Florida
- **Decided:** June 15, 2017
- **Citations:** 221 So. 3d 1168
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Lawson
- **Judges:** Labarga, Pariente, Quince, Lewis, Canady, Polston, Lawson
- **Cited by:** 11 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LAWSON, J.,
concurring in part and dissenting in part.
I concur with the majority’s decision to vacate Bevel’s death sentence for the Stringfield murder and remand for a- new penalty phase based upon, Hurst error that is not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt. See Okafor v. State, No. SC15-2136, slip op. at 15, — So.3d —, —, 2017 WL *1195 2481266 . (Fla. June 8, 2017) (Lawson, J., concurring specially). However, I- would not grant Bevel a new penalty phase for the Sims' murder because, as explained in Justice Canady’s concurring in part and dissenting in part opinion, Bevel’s counsel was not ineffective during the penalty phase.

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