Omar Blanco v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

On June 15, 1982, a jury in the Broward County Circuit Court, Florida, convicted Omar Blanco of the first-degree capital murder 1 of John Ryan and armed burglary 2 of the residence where Ryan was living. On June 21, 1982, the court, accepting the jury’s sentencing recommendation on the murder conviction, sentenced Blanco to death. The court also sentenced Blanco to seventy-five years’ imprisonment for the armed burglary conviction. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed Blanco’s convictions and death sentence; 3 the supreme court thereafter denied Blanco collateral relief. 4