12/7/16 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments: John Hampton v. State & John Hampton v. Julie Jones, SC15-1360 & SC16-6

Mr. Hampton was sentenced to death for the first-degree murder of Renee McKinnes, who was fatally beaten and stabbed in 2007. The jury voted 9-3 to recommend a death sentence. The trial court condemned Mr. Hampton to death and this Court upheld the sentence on direct appeal. Mr. Hampton filed a post-conviction challenge in trial court. It was denied and this appeal followed.

• 12/7/16 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments – In re: Amendments to the Florida Rules of Juvenile Procedure and Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.146, SC16-553
• 12/7/16 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Carlos Acevedo v. State, SC15-1873
• 12/7/16 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Howard Ault v. State, SC14-1551