Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence of death and his petition for habeas relief are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel claims; 2) a finding that newly discovered evidence of recanted testimony was not credible; 3) whether rule 4-3.5(d)(4) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar, which prevents counsel from contacting jurors, is unconstitutional; 4) whether execution by electrocution and lethal injection are cruel or unusual punishment or both; 5) whether his right against cruel and unusual punishment will be violated as he may be incompetent at the time of execution; 6) cumulative error; and 7) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/11/2007
• Published 10/11/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael P. Reiter, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


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