Supreme Court of Florida

In a death penalty case, an order denying defendant's motion for postconviction relief and a petition for habeas relief are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) denial of an evidentiary hearing on certain claims of a motion for postconviction relief; 2) ineffective assistance of counsel based on multiple grounds; 3) a failure to retroactively apply the decision in Lowrey v. State, 705 So. 2d 1367 (Fla. 1998); and 4) denial of defendant's motion for postconviction DNA testing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/28/2007
• Published 06/28/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Brian M. Onek of Balgo, Onek and Mawn, P.A., Melbourne, FL, and Elizabeth Siano Harris of Stadler and Harris, P.A., Titusville, 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.