Supreme Court of Florida

In a capital-murder case, denial of a motion for postconviction relief is affirmed and petition for all writs jurisdiction denied over claims of error regarding: 1) newly-discovered evidence that defendant's then-juvenile codefendant had actually committed the murders; 2) unconstitutional statutory limitations on a capital defendant's right to counsel; 3) the constitutionality of Florida's method of lethal injection; 4) the exemption of the disclosure of the identity of an executioner from public records; 5) defendant's mental health status; and 6) denial of evidentiary hearings when there is a signed death warrant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2008
• Published 09/11/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Mark S. Gruber, Maria Perinetti, and Daphney Branham, Assistant CCR Counsel, Middle Region, Tampa, Florida, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, Florida, for Appellee.