& SC12-2161 John Steven Huggins v. State of Florida & John Steven Huggins v. Michael D. Crews

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Huggins’s postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition. It held that the postconviction court had competent, substantial evidence to find Huggins competent and did not err by conducting the evidentiary hearing before the final competency determination because Huggins’s refusal to cooperate caused the delay. The court also rejected Huggins’s ineffective-assistance, prosecutorial-misconduct, Brady, restraint, and appellate-counsel claims on the grounds that they failed on the merits, were procedurally barred, or were not properly presented.