Supreme Court of Florida

Trial court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and sentence of death is affirmed and a petition for a writ of habeas corpus denied where: 1) trial court's denial of relief is affirmed as defendant has failed to prove that his counsel's performance was deficient or that the deficient performance prejudiced him; and 2) defendant is not entitled to habeas relief as he has not shown that his appellate counsel was ineffective under the standards of Lowe v. State, 2 So. 3d 21, (Fla. 2008).

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/07/2010
• Published 10/07/2010

Judges

• Per Curiam

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric C. Pinkard, Bill McCollum