Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of a motion for postconviction relief from a conviction for first-degree murder and death sentence is affirmed over claims that: 1) the state withheld material and exculpatory evidence and knowingly presented false or misleading evidence; 2) resentencing counsel was ineffective in his investigation and presentation of mitigation evidence; 3) the trial court erred in denying his motion to depose the state's DNA expert; and 4) the trial court erred in summarily denying several postconviction claims.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/13/2008
• Published 03/13/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Terri L. Backhus of Backhus and Izakowitz, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Robert J. Landry and Katherine V. Blanco, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.