Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and his death sentence, and his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutorial misconduct; 2) Giglio/newly discovered evidence claims; 3) a Ring claim attacking Florida's murder statute; and 4) a Ring challenge to the constitutionality of Florida's death sentencing statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/31/2007
• Published 05/31/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel-Middle Region, and David R. Gemmer and Robert T. Strain, Assistant CCRC, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Katherine V. Blanco, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.