Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of a motion to vacate a conviction for first-degree murder and death sentence, and a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) summary denial of ineffective assistance of counsel claims arising from the guilt phase; 2) ineffective assistance of penalty-phase counsel; 3) cumulative error; and 4) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/07/2008
• Published 02/07/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Katherine V. Blanco, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee/Respondent.