Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion to vacate his convictions of first-degree murder and sentences of death, as well as a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) a motion to disqualify the judge; 2) a denial of a motion to depose assistant state attorneys; 3) summary denial of postconviction claims; 4) an amended rule 3.851 motion; 5) denial of a motion for a continuance of the postconviction proceedings; 6) the denial order; and 7) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.

Appellate Information

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

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Melodee A. Smith, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Sandra S. Jaggard, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.