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Going bicoastal with losses

By Karl R. Keys, Esq.

Losses are noted Thursday in California  and Florida in Jose Antonio Jimenez v. State, Perry Alexander Taylor v. State, and People v. Lanell Craig Harris. In People v. Lanell Craig Harris relief is denied, most notably, on certain “the omissions from the appellate record, the faulty instruction on the felony murder special circumstance, and the failure to properly reinstruct the jury at the penalty phase;” The Florida Supreme Court in Jose Antonio Jimenez v. State denies relief on claims including Brady, disqualification of the trial court,  trial counsel was ineffective due to the failure to adequately investigate, and factual innocence related  claims raised in a successive petition; and Perry Alexander Taylor v. State, relief denied on newly discovered evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and his Brady and Giglio claims...continue to full post

Full post as published by Capital Defense Weekly on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).