Scottie D. Allen v. State of Florida & Scottie D. Allen v. Secretary, Dept. of Corrections

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Allen’s initial postconviction motion and the denial of his request for additional public records, and denied his habeas petition. It held that Allen’s sentencing, self-representation, waiver, prosecutorial-misconduct, and cumulative-error claims were procedurally barred, meritless, waived, or refuted by the record, and that appellate counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise those issues. The court also concluded that Allen failed to show that the requested records related to a colorable postconviction claim.