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Bell v. State of Florida, SC02-1765

Denial of defendant's motion to vacate his two convictions of first-degree murder and two sentences of death and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is affirmed and denied, respectively, over procedurally barred claims and claims that: 1) trial counsel was ineffective for numerous reasons; 2) there was cumulative error; 3) appellate counsel was ineffective for various reasons; 4) petitioner's death sentence is unconstitutional under Apprendi; and 5) the trial court gave unconstitutional jury instructions.

Appellate Information

  • Decided 06/07/2007
  • Published 06/07/2007

Judges

  • PER CURIAM.

Court

  • Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

  • For Appellant:
  • Christopher J. Anderson, Atlantic Beach, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.

  • For Appellees:
  • Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Meredith Charbula, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.
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