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JOHN TROY, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. SC09-526

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JOHN TROY, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. No. SC09-526 Supreme Court of Florida January 6, 2011 PER CURIAM. John Troy appeals an order of the circuit court summarily denying his first postconviction motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we affirm the circuit court’s order denying Troy’s motion for postconviction relief. OVERVIEW Troy, who was thirty-one years old at the time of the crimes, was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2001 first-degree murder of Bonnie Carroll in Sarasota, Florida. Troy was also convicted of armed burglary, armed robbery, and Page 2 attempted sexual battery with a weapon of Carroll, and armed burglary, aggravated battery, armed kidnapping, and armed robbery of Traci Burchette...continue to full post

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