King v. Dugger

Amos King, a prisoner under death sentence, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(1), (9), Florida Constitution, and deny the petition.

A jury convicted King of first-degree murder, and this Court affirmed his conviction and death sentence. King v. State, 390 So.2d 315 (Fla.1980), cert. denied, 450 U.S. 989, 101 S.Ct. 1529, 67 L.Ed.2d 825 (1981). After the governor signed King’s first death warrant, the trial court denied King’s motion for postconviction relief, which this Court affirmed. King v. State, 407 So.2d 904…