Supreme Court of Florida

Quawn M. Franklin, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee; Quawn M. Franklin, Petitioner, v. Michael D. Crews…

January 16, 2014137 So. 3d 969

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Franklin’s postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition. It upheld the finding that Franklin was competent to participate in postconviction proceedings, rejected his ineffective-assistance claims concerning penalty-phase mitigation, voir dire, and venue, and denied his challenges to lethal injection and possible incompetence at execution. No separate opinions were filed.