Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of petitioner's his motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death is reversed and remanded where the circuit court's order effectively summarily denied postconviction relief, and a remand was required for a new evidentiary hearing on ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2007
• Published 05/24/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neal A. Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel-Southern Region and Rachel L. Day and Carla Chavez, Assistant CCRC-Southern Region, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


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