Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion for postconviction relief from a conviction and sentence of death for the murder of his five-year-old stepson is affirmed where, although defense counsel's strategy entailed significant risk to defendant and should be employed with caution and only after careful analysis, defendant failed to establish either that his counsel's performance was deficient or that the deficient performance prejudiced the defense.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/12/2006
• Published 10/12/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Baya Harrison, III, Monticello, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Candance M. Sabella, Assistant Attorney General, Chief of Capital Appeals, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.