Tavares J. Wright v. State of Florida

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Wright’s renewed motion to determine intellectual disability, concluding that competent, substantial evidence supported findings that he failed to prove significantly subaverage intellectual functioning and concurrent adaptive deficits. The Court also affirmed the denial of his postconviction claims, rejecting his Hurst claim because he knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily waived a penalty-phase jury and rejecting his ineffective-assistance claims for failure to establish deficient performance or prejudice. The Court further held that the cumulative-error claim necessarily failed because the individual claims lacked merit.