Supreme Court of Florida

In a capital case involving charges of burglary, kidnapping, and murder, denial of postconviction relief is affirmed and a petition for habeas relief is denied over defendant's claims of: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel during both the guilt and penalty phases; 2) judicial bias resulting from the postconviction court's in camera inspection of the murder weapon; 3) exclusion of expert testimony regarding the standard of practice for capital defense counsel; 4) Brady and Giglio violations; 5) the insufficiency of the facts proffered during defendant's plea colloquy to support the convictions; 6) incompetency for purposes of determining the constitutionality of his death sentence; 7) failure to charge statutory aggravators in the indictment; and 8) cumulative error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/06/2008
• Published 11/06/2008

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Marie-Louise Samuels Parmer, Nathaniel Plucker and Maria DeLiberato, Assistant CCR Counsel, Middle Region, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Barbara C. Davis, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.