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 various procedurally barred or meritless claims and claims of error regarding: 1) newly discovered DNA evidence; 2) ineffective assistance of resentencing counsel; 3) cumulative error; 4) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel; and 5) petitioner's potential incompetency at the time of execution.

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, Robert T. Strain and David R. Gemmer, Assistant CCRC, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Barbara C. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.