SAMA

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

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• Arbelaez v. State, 898 So. 2d 25 (Fla. 2005)
  …t “[t]he contemporaneous objection rule applies to Espinosa error, i.e., a specific objection on the form of the instruction must be made to the trial court to preserve the issue for appeal.” Hodges v. State, 619 So. 2d 272, 273 (Fla.), cert. denied 510 U.S. 996, 114 S.Ct. 560, 126 L.Ed.2d 460 (1993); see also Nelson v. State, 850 So. 2d 514, 525 (Fla.), cert. denied, 540 U.S. 1091, 124 S.Ct. 961, 157 L.Ed.2d 797 (2003); Melendez v. State, 612 So. 2d 1366 (Fla.1992). Similarly, we have required a contempora…
• Hodges v. State, 236 So. 3d 241 (Fla. 2018)
  …ed to death following a jury's recommendation for death by a vote of ten to two. See Hodges v. State, 619 So. 2d 272 (Fla. 1993) ; Hodges v. State, 595 So. 2d 929, 931 (Fla. 1992).1 Hodges's sentence of death became final in 1993. Hodges v. Florida, 510 U.S. 996, 114 S.Ct. 560, 126 L.Ed.2d 460 (1993). Thus, Hurst does not apply retroactively to Hodges's sentence of death. See Hitchcock, 226 So. 3d at 217. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of Hodges's motion. The Court having carefully considered all argume…