Robert Joe Long v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Long’s postconviction motion. It held that competent substantial evidence supported the finding that counsel adequately explained the plea agreement and its waiver of challenges to the confession and physical evidence, so Long failed to establish deficient performance. The court also held that Long waived his claim concerning penalty-phase prosecutorial comments by failing to identify specific comments on appeal and that the claim was meritless because the comments were proper.