Hector Sanchez-Torres v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Sanchez-Torres’s postconviction claims and denied his habeas petition. It held that counsel’s advice to plead guilty and waive a penalty-phase jury was a reasonable strategic decision, that a suppression motion concerning his confession would have been meritless, and that appellate counsel was not ineffective for omitting novel or record-unsupportable arguments. No separate opinions were filed.