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Florida denial of relief & district court grant of relief in California

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday denied relief in Samuel Jason Derrick v. State, No. SC05-1559 (Feb 7, 2008) , on claims relating whether: “(1) he was denied access to files and records pertaining to his case in violation of his constitutional rights; (2) he received ineffective assistance of counsel during pretrial and at the guilt phase; (3) the State withheld material and exculpatory evidence or presented misleading evidence or both; (4) he received ineffective assistance of counsel during the penalty phase; (5) resentencing counsel was ineffective for failing to obtain a mental health expert; and (6) he was deprived of a fundamentally fair trial because of the cumulative error present during the proceedings.”  

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on February 07, 2008 (boomark / email).