Chadwick D. Banks v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Banks's second successive postconviction motion, rejected his claim that ineffective postconviction counsel permitted otherwise barred ineffective-assistance claims, and upheld the constitutionality of Florida's lethal-injection protocol. It also held that the trial court properly sustained objections to broad public-records requests because Banks did not connect them to a colorable postconviction claim, and it denied a stay of execution. The court further concluded that the federal habeas exception for ineffective postconviction counsel did not create an independent basis for relief in state court.