Jermaine Lebron, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee

Summary

The Supreme Court of Florida affirmed the denial of Jermaine Lebrón’s postconviction motion challenging his murder conviction and death sentence. It held that none of Lebrón’s guilt- or penalty-phase ineffective-assistance claims satisfied both the deficiency and prejudice requirements, and that the vehicle search was lawful under then-controlling law or alternatively subject to inevitable discovery. The court also rejected Lebrón’s constitutional, cumulative-error, execution-team, and competency-related claims. Justice Canady concurred in the result.