Legal Opinion

Pittman v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 30, 2011No. Nos. SC08-146, SC08-2486PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Per curiam

David Joseph Pittman appeals the post-conviction court’s order denying his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 to vacate his first-degree murder convictions and sentences of death, and he petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. We affirm the denial of rule 3.850 relief and deny the habeas petition.

I. BACKGROUND

In this first-degree murder case in which a sentence of death was imposed, Pittman appeals the denial of his first rule 3.850 motion, after an evidentiary hearing. The facts of the…

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2Cases cited46 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  5. Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. George James Trepal v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
  2. Jennings v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2013
  3. Reynolds v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2012
  4. Pittman v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2017
  5. Muhammad v. TuckerDistrict Court, S.D. Florida · 2012

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