6/3/20 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Jason Andrew Simpson v. State of Florida & SC19-700 Jason Andrew Simpson v. Mark S. Inch, etc. SC18-1238

Simpson was convicted of the first-degree murders of Archie Crook and Kimberli Kimbler who were axed to death in 1999. The jury recommended a sentence of death by a vote of 8-4 for Crook’s murder and 9-3 for Kimbler’s murder. The trial court sentenced Simpson to death and this Court upheld the convictions and sentences on direct appeal. Simpson filed post-conviction challenges in the trial court and was granted a new penalty phase pursuant to Hurst v. State for the first-degree murder charges. The trial court denied the remaining challenges, and this appeal followed. Simpson has also filed a habeas corpus petition.

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