William Kenneth Taylor v. State of Florida, Appellee William Kenneth Taylor v. Kenneth S. Tucker

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Taylor's postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition. It held that the alleged deficiencies of trial counsel did not satisfy both performance and prejudice requirements, and that Taylor's unripe execution-competency claim could not be considered. The court also found deficient performance by appellate counsel in challenging an instruction that was never given, but concluded that the error caused no prejudice because it did not undermine the result of the direct appeal.