Norman Blake McKenzie, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee; Norman Blake McKenzie, Petitioner, v. Timothy H…

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of McKenzie's initial postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition. It held that his ineffective-assistance allegations were legally insufficient, conclusively refuted by the record, procedurally barred, or attributable to his knowing and voluntary decision to represent himself. The court also rejected his challenges concerning a mental-health expert, witnesses, law-library access, prosecutorial conduct, interrogation recordings, and the presentence investigation report. Justice Canady concurred in the result.