John Calvin Taylor, Ii v. State of Florida, Appellee John Calvin Taylor, Ii v. Michael D. Crews

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Taylor’s postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition. It held that Taylor failed to establish ineffective assistance of trial counsel concerning mental-health mitigation, venue, or prosecutorial comments, and that his capital-sentencing challenge was procedurally barred and meritless. The court also held that appellate counsel’s failure to challenge the sentencing order did not prejudice Taylor because the sentencing court considered the aggravating and mitigating circumstances sufficiently to permit meaningful review.