Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of petitioner's motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death, and a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) whether his guilty plea was knowing and voluntary; 2) ineffective assistance of counsel during the guilt phase; 3) ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase; 4) ineffective assistance in failing to request a competency hearing; and 5) the imposition of death by lethal injection.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/01/2007
• Published 11/01/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Charmaine M. Millsaps, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.