Gordon v. State

Robert Gordon, a prisoner under sentence of death, appealed from a circuit court order denying postconviction relief in this capital case. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. Prior to the filing of the initial brief, Gordon filed a motion to discharge appellate counsel and proceed pro se in this appeal from the denial of his successive motion for postcon-viction relief. His appellate counsel has filed a motion for leave to withdraw as counsel for appellant. For the reasons set *201forth below, both motions are hereby denied.

We issue this interlocutory opinion in order to set…