Supreme Court of Florida

Trial court's order denying successive motion for postconviction relief of a defendant convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death, is affirmed where: 1) there is no basis in the record to reject trial court's factual finding that no sexual encounter occurred between the main witness and a state investigator; 2) trial court did not err in failing to find that a witness was coerced into recanting; 3) trial court did not prevent defendant from a full and fair hearing; and 4) defendant's claim that newly discovered evidence establishes that his trial judge was biased is rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/15/2010
• Published 04/15/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neal A. Dupree, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, William M. Hennis, III, Litigation Director, and Craig J. Trocino, Staff Attorney, CCRCSouth, Fort Lauderdale, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Carol M. Dittmar, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.