Supreme Court of Florida

In defendant's motion to vacate his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death, circuit court's order denying postconviction relief is affirmed where: 1) the circuit court had before it competent, substantial evidence to find that defendant is not mentally retarded; 2) the postconviction court did not err in summarily denying defendant's claims of ineffective assistance of counsel; and 3) defendant's claims that the state withheld favorable, material evidence in violation of Brady and that it knowingly presented false testimony in violation of Giglio, are without merit.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/06/2011
• Published 01/06/2011

Judges

• Array

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Todd G. Scher, Pamela Jo Bondi