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) ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) erroneous admission of evidence depriving petitioner of his right to confrontation under Crawford; 3) ex parte conduct by the trial court; 4) a mental retardation claim; 5) summary denial of postconviction claims; 6) cumulative error; 7) a Ring and Apprendi claim; and 8) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/15/2007
• Published 11/15/2007

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Israel J. Encinosa, Miami, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Margarita I. Cimadevilla, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Appellee.