Supreme Court of Florida

Postconviction court's order denying relief to a defendant convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death is affirmed where: 1) the prosecutor's comments were insufficient to undermine confidence in the outcome as required under the Strickland prejudice standard; 2) defendant failed to establish what, if any, negative result occurred in making an ineffective assistance of counsel claim; and 3) defendant's Ring claim was not improperly denied, as it is procedurally barred.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/11/2010
• Published 02/11/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gustavo J. Garcia-Montes, Miami, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Sandra S. Jaggard and Lisa A. Davis, Assistant Attorneys General, Miami, FL, for Appellee.