Cecil Shyron King v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of all of King’s guilt-phase ineffective-assistance claims, concluding that counsel’s challenged decisions were reasonable trial strategy, lacked deficient performance, or caused no prejudice. The court also affirmed the postconviction court’s vacatur of King’s death sentence and grant of a new penalty phase based on intervening law. The court applied the two-part ineffective-assistance test and deferred to supported factual findings while reviewing legal conclusions independently.