SIMON v. STATE (2026)

Affirmed. See Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392 (Fla. 2025), cert. denied sub nom., Wainwright v. Florida, ––– U.S. ––––, 145 S. Ct. 2789, 222 L.Ed.2d 1084 (2025) (concluding that even if the decision in Erlinger v. United States, 602 U.S. 821, 144 S.Ct. 1840, 219 L.Ed.2d 451 (2024) constitutes a change of law, it does not apply retroactively); Ford v. State, 402 So. 3d 973, 981 (Fla. 2025) (“Erlinger was a direct-appeal case—not a postconviction case like Ford's—and it involved required jury findings regarding an element. Based on these fundamental distinctions, it is clear that Erlinger provides no support for vacating Ford's death sentences.”); Viera v. State, 420 So. 3d 554 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Jackson v. State, 417 So. 3d 530 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Garcia v. State, 417 So. 3d 449 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Sagaille v. State, 415 So. 3d 875 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Lewis v. State, 415 So. 3d 814 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Del Sol v. State, 415 So. 3d 334 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Spikes v. State, 414 So. 3d 440 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Acosta v. State, 414 So. 3d 335 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Arias v. State, 413 So. 3d 999 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025).

PER CURIAM.