Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of a motion to vacate petitioner's conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death, and a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) various allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) whether rule 4-3.5(d)(4) of the Rules Regulating the Florida Bar and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.575 violate his constitutional right of equal protection and deny him adequate assistance of counsel; 3) whether lethal injection is cruel and unusual punishment; 4) erroneous jury instructions; 5) cumulative errors; and 6) his incompetency at time of execution.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/25/2007
• Published 10/25/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and Robert T. Strain, Assistant CCRC-Middle Region, Tampa, 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.