Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of a motion for postconviction relief and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from a murder conviction and death sentence is affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) the presentation of allegedly untruthful parole possibilities; 2) improper ex parte communications; 3) ineffective assistance of counsel; 4) time served on death row being cruel and unusual punishment; 5) the constitutionality of the death penalty statute; and 6) Apprendi and Ring violations with the death penalty statute.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/05/2007
• Published 07/05/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Andrew A. Graham of Graham, Moletteire and Torpy, Melbourne, FL, and Russell L. Akins of Smith, Akins and Associates, P.A., Fort Pierce, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Celia A. Terenzio and Leslie Campbell, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.