Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death, and a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel; 2) a denial of due process when the same trial judge presided over defendant's two death cases; 3) the state's use of an investigatory subpoena to compel defense counsel to appear for questioning in the prosecutor's office prior to a postconviction evidentiary hearing; 4) prosecutorial misconduct; 5) the constitutionality of Florida's death penalty scheme; 6) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel; 7) record of defendant's confession; and 8) mitigation.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/03/2007
• Published 05/03/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mary Catherine Bonner, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida and Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.