Supreme Court of Florida

In conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death, petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied over claims of error that: 1) new evidence required a new trial; 2) the State withheld evidence; 3) the State allowed expert witness to present false testimony; 4) criminal-appellant's trial counsel was deficient for not having discovered this evidence before trial; 5) the trial court erred in denying criminal-appellant's claim that through expert witness' testimony the State intentionally permitted false or misleading evidence to be presented to the jury in violation of Giglio v. U.S.; and 6) the State withheld material, favorable information in violation of Brady v. Maryland.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/29/2009
• Published 01/29/2009

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and David Robert Gemmer, Assistant CCR Counsel, Middle Region, Tampa, FL, for Appellant/Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida, and Katherine V. Blanco, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee/Respondent.