Supreme Court of Florida

Circuit court's order denying defendant's motion to vacate his conviction of first degree murder and sentence of death is affirmed over claims of: 1) guilty-phase claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; 2) penalty-phase claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; 3) cumulative error; 4) constitutionality of Florida's death penalty laws and procedures; and 5) the use of lethal injection as a method of carrying out the death penalty is cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment. Furthermore, defendant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is denied.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/14/2010
• Published 10/14/2010

Judges

• Per Curiam

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel