Supreme Court of Florida

In a capital-murder case, denial of motion for postconviction relief is affirmed over claims of error regarding: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase of petitioner's trial; 2) summary denial of claims of ineffective assistance during the guilt phase; 3) the constitutionality of rules limiting the subjects about which counsel may interview jurors; and 4) the constitutionality of Florida's lethal-injection protocol.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/18/2008
• Published 09/18/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Robert T. Strain and David Robert Gemmer, 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.