Ronnie Keith Williams, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee — Canady, J., Concurring in Part and Dissenting in Part

Summary

Canady, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part, would have affirmed the denial of postconviction relief rather than vacating Williams's death sentence. He reasoned that no constitutional sentencing error occurred because Williams's prior violent-felony convictions triggered the prior-conviction exception, that the relevant sentencing rule should not apply retroactively, and that penalty-phase counsel was not ineffective. Lawson, J., separately concurred specially and directed readers to his separate opinion in another case without stating a substantive disagreement here.