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. It also rejected or found unripe his challenges to Florida's execution procedures and held that any capital-sentencing error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because the jury unanimously recommended death and the aggravating evidence was overwhelming. 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.