Douglas Blaine Matthews v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Matthews's guilt-phase postconviction claims. It held that the newly discovered fingerprint evidence would not probably produce an acquittal and that each ineffective-assistance claim failed because it was either unsupported, conclusively refuted, strategically reasonable, cumulative, or unable to establish prejudice. The court also rejected the cumulative-error claim and held that the incompetency-at-execution claim was premature. No separate opinions were filed.