Legal Opinion
Tanzi v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided April 19, 2012No. Nos. SC10-807, SC11-81PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Michael A. Tanzi appeals the denial of his postconviction motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the denial of his motion and deny his habeas petition.
I. BACKGROUND
Michael A. Tanzi pled guilty and was sentenced to death for the murder of Janet Acosta. On direct appeal, this Court described the facts as follows:
During her lunch hour on April 25, 2000, Janet Acosta was reading a book while seated inside her maroon van parked at the Japanese Gardens in Miami. At that time, Tanzi was…
2Cases cited43 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Wickham v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2013
- Conahan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2013
- & SC14-887 Neil K. Salazar v. State of Florida and Neil K. Salazar v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2016
- Michael Anthony Tanzi v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
- & SC14-881 Charles L. Anderson v. State of Florida and Charles L. Anderson v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2017
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