Supreme Court of Florida

Denial of defendant's motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death, as well as a petition for habeas relief, are affirmed and denied, respectively, over claims of error regarding: 1) whether the trial court erred in summarily denying several ineffective assistance of counsel claims and claims based upon Brady/Giglio; 2) ineffective assistance of counsel during voir dire, the penalty phase, and the guilt phase; 3) cumulative error; 4) ineffective assistance of appellate counsel; and 5) resentencing on defendant's noncapital convictions.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/08/2008
• Published 05/08/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and James L. Driscoll, Jr., Assistant CCR Counsel, Middle Region, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Celia Terenzio and Leslie T. Campbell, Assistant Attorneys General, West Palm Beach, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.