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Branch v. State of Florida, SC05-433, SC05-1558

Denial of a motion for postconviction relief and a petition for habeas relief from a conviction and death sentence for first-degree murder and related charges are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) whether an Indiana conviction was a felony under Florida law for purposes of establishing the prior violent felony aggravating circumstance; and 3) cumulative error.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 08/31/2006
  • Published 08/31/2006

Judges

  • PER CURIAM.

Court

  • Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Michael P. Reiter, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.

  • For Appellees:
  • Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Cassandra K. Dolgin, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.
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