Brett A. Bogle, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee; Brett A. Bogle, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Bogle’s amended postconviction motion and denied habeas relief. It held that suppressed information about a possible accomplice was favorable but immaterial, that the asserted ineffective-assistance, conflict-of-interest, newly discovered evidence, and prosecutorial-misconduct claims did not warrant relief, and that appellate counsel was not ineffective for omitting meritless or unpreserved claims. The court also held that the capital-sentencing challenge was unavailable because the later constitutional rule did not apply retroactively to Bogle’s final conviction. Pariente, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part, would have granted a new penalty phase under the later capital-sentencing rule.