Entries tagged with “Hector Sanchez-Torres”

Mar 12, 2020

News Brief — Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence for Man Who Pled Guilty and Waived Jury

NEWS (3/​12/​20): The Florida Supreme Court on March 12, 2020 denied death-row pris­on­er Hector Sanchez-Torres​’s post-con­vic­tion chal­lenge to his con­vic­tion and death sen­tence for a 2008 armed rob­bery and mur­der. In an unsigned opin­ion, the court ruled that Sanchez-Torres’s coun­sel had not been inef­fec­tive in advis­ing him to plead guilty to the charges and to waive a sen­tenc­ing jury based on counsel’s belief that ​“a Clay County jury would…