Supreme Court of Florida

Petition for habeas relief brought by a defendant convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death is denied as the postconviction court properly denied defendant's ineffective assistance claim as he is unable to demonstrate that trial counsel was deficient.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/29/2010
• Published 04/29/2010

Judges

• PER CURIAM.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Ali Andrew Shakoor, Richard E. Kiley, and James V. Viggiano, Jr., CCR Counsel Middle Region, Tampa, FL, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.