Supreme Court of Florida

In a death penalty case, an order denying a motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 and an order concluding that defendant is not mentally retarded are affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) an improper sentencing order; 3) jury instructions; and 4) the mental retardation claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/02/2006
• Published 11/02/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John William Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel-Middle Region, Eric Pinkard and David Robert Gemmer, Assistant CCR Counsel, Tampa, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida and Carol M. Dittmar, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.