Supreme Court of Florida

An order denying a motion to vacate under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851, concerning postconviction relief from a sentence of death, is affirmed where: 1) competent, substantial evidence supported a conclusion that the state did not access, tamper with, or interfere with defendant's legal mail, and thus the trial court properly denied his Weatherford claim; 2) defendant abandoned various other claims; and 3) the trial court properly denied additional claims without an evidentiary hearing.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/30/2007
• Published 08/30/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harry P. Brody and Jeffrey M. Hazen of Brody and Hazen, P.A., Tallahassee, FL, for Appellant.


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