Margaret A. Allen v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Allen’s initial postconviction motion, rejecting her ineffective-assistance, prosecutorial-misconduct, false-testimony, juror-bias, and capital-sentencing claims. The court held that Allen failed to establish deficient performance or prejudice on her ineffective-assistance claims, that the false testimony was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, and that any capital-sentencing error was harmless while the jury instructions did not violate the Eighth Amendment.