Supreme Court of Florida

Circuit court's denial of defendant's postconviction motion to vacate his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death is affirmed and his request for habeas relief denied over various claims involving: 1) ineffective assistance of counsel during both the guilt and penalty phases; 2) the constitutionality of Florida's lethal injection procedure; 3) district court's error in denying his claim that he was denied access to public records; and 4) jury bias. In its cross-appeal, the state's claim that the postconviction court erred in requiring the state to produce certain records with respect to the state's lethal injection protocols is rejected.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/08/2010
• Published 07/08/2010

Judges

• Per Curiam

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Neal A. Dupree, Bill McCollum