Edward T. James v. State of Florida & Edward T. James v. Secretary, Department of Corrections

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of James's successive postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition, stay motions, and request for oral argument. It held that neither the length of his confinement, his cognitive and physical decline, newly obtained brain scans, nor a nonunanimous death recommendation entitled him to relief, and it declined to revisit prior timeliness rulings. The court concluded that James had not shown a constitutional violation, newly discovered evidence likely to produce a lesser sentence, or manifest injustice.