Owen Warrant: Trial court issues orders

The trial court’s orders on Owen’s successive postconviction motion and Owen’s motion to stay the execution scheduled June 15, 2023, have been issued. The ruling is unclear.

As of 1:00 p.m. Friday afternoon, the trial court’s orders on Owen’s successive postconviction motion and Owen’s motion to stay the execution scheduled June 15, 2023, had been issued. (The background of Owen’s case can be found here.)

The documents are not publicly available, and the docket does not make clear what the ruling was.

The motion was filed just 2 days before the ruling. (Prior post on Owen’s warrant litigation here.)

According to the docket, a case management was held yesterday (Thursday). The transcript is not publicly available.

If the trial court denied Owen’s claims and motion to stay the execution, according to the Florida Supreme Court’s Scheduling Order, a notice of appeal must be filed by 9:00 a.m. Monday morning, and Owen’s Initial Brief is due Wednesday at 9:00 a.m.

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My thoughts are with everyone involved in the warrant and execution process.