Supreme Court of Florida

In a death penalty case, an order denying defendant's motion for postconviction relief and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) a denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of claims regarding inadequate expert mental health evaluations; 2) a denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of a claim that trial counsel was ineffective in waiving severance of counts; 3) a Brady claim; 4) ineffective assistance of counsel; and 5) denial of a proper direct appeal.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/29/2006
• Published 06/29/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neal A. Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Leor Veleanu and Lucrecia R. Diaz, Assistant CCR Counsel-South, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.