Supreme Court of Florida
Melton v. State of Florida, SC04-1689, SC05-1423
In a death penalty murder case, denial of a motion to vacate the death sentence and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) Brady and Giglio violations; 3) newly discovered evidence; 4) prosecutorial misconduct; 5) the jury's composition; 6) a reference to defendant's lack of remorse in the order denying postconviction relief; 7) jury instruction; 8) the constitutionality of Florida's capital sentencing scheme under Ring; and 9) whether defendant's conviction violates Roper v. Simmons, 543 U.S. 551 (2005).
Appellate Information
- Decided 11/30/2006
- Published 11/30/2006
Judges
- PER CURIAM.
Court
- Supreme Court of Florida
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- D. Todd Doss, Lake City, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.