Supreme Court of Florida

An order denying a motion for postconviction relief and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) a failure to consider expert testimony; 3) the constitutionality of Florida's death penalty statute; 4) jury instructions; 5) cumulative error; and 6) competency at the time of execution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/15/2006
• Published 06/15/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John W. Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, James V. Viggiano, Jr. and Richard E. Kiley, Assistant CCR Counsel Middle Region, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL and Leslie T. Campbell, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.