Michael L. King, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of King's postconviction motion, rejecting his ineffective-assistance claims concerning toxic-substance investigation and preservation of a jury-selection challenge, his execution-procedure challenges, and his claim of potential future incompetency. The court held that any sentencing error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because the jury unanimously recommended death, the aggravating evidence was overwhelming and essentially uncontroverted, and the mitigation was comparatively weaker. Perry, Senior Justice, concurring in part and dissenting in part, would have found the sentencing error harmful because the record did not establish that the jury unanimously found each aggravating circumstance.