Supreme Court of Florida

In a death penalty case, an order denying defendant's motion for postconviction relief and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding whether: 1) the state committed two Brady violations; 2) his guilt-phase counsel was ineffective in various respects; 3) penalty-phase counsel was ineffective; 4) special counsel had an undisclosed conflict of interest; 5) Florida Statutes section 921.141 is unconstitutional; 6) the state's failure to specify aggravators in the indictment was unconstitutional; 7) the jury instructions improperly shifted the burden of proof; and 8) appellate counsel was ineffective.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/04/2007
• Published 10/04/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General and Ronald A. Lathan, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.