Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of petitioner's motion to vacate his sentence of death and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) whether trial counsel were ineffective for failing to present an expert to testify to mental mitigation; 2) the heinous, atrocious, or cruel (HAC) aggravator; 3) summary denial of a postconviction claim regarding ineffective assistance on mental mitigation; 4) Ring and Apprendi claims; 5) a Crawford claim regarding an officer's testimony; and 6) whether appellate counsel was ineffective.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2008
• Published 02/14/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Frank J. Tassone, Jr., and Rick A. Sichta of Frank J. Tassone, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Ronald A. Lathan, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.