Opinion
Case No. SC05-701.
March 17, 2006.
Lower Tribunal No. CF81-0112A1-XX.
Paul Beasley Johnson appeals an order of the circuit court denying a motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)( 1), Fla. Const. On appeal to this Court, Johnson contends that his sentences of death and Florida's capital sentencing statute violate the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment and are contrary to Ring v. Arizona, 122 S. Ct. 2428 (2002). Johnson is not entitled to relief on his claims. See Johnson v. State, 904 So. 2d 400 (Fla. 2005) (holding that Ring does not apply retroactively); Zakrzewski v. State, 866 So. 2d 688, 697 (Fla. 2003) (rejecting Ring claims in cases where the defendant has multiple murder convictions and/or prior violent felony). Accordingly, we affirm the circuit court's order denying the postconviction motion.
PARIENTE, C.J., and WELLS, ANSTEAD, LEWIS, CANTERO and BELL, JJ., concur.
QUINCE, J., recused.