Supreme Court of Florida

In a death penalty case, denial of 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) whether defendant validly waived his penalty phase claims; 2) whether his postconviction counsel had a conflict of interest; 3) whether he was improperly denied access to public records; 4) ineffective assistance of counsel; 5) summarily denied claims, including ineffective assistance claims as to certain cross-examinations; 6) cumulative error; and 7) additional ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/09/2006
• Published 11/09/2006

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neal A. Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, William M. Hennis, III, Litigation Director, CCRC and Roseanne Eckert, Assistant CCRC, 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.