Ronnie Keith Williams, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Williams's postconviction claims concerning public-records access, ineffective assistance at his first trial, conflict of interest, and intellectual disability. It vacated his death sentence and remanded for a new penalty phase because the death recommendation was nonunanimous under the governing capital-sentencing requirements, while declining to address his penalty-phase ineffective-assistance claim. Judge Lawson concurred specially, and Judge Canady, joined by Judge Polston, concurred in part and dissented in part, arguing that postconviction relief should have been denied in full.