Wickham v. State

Jerry Michael Wickham appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the denial of his postconviction motion and deny his habeas petition.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Wickham was convicted of the 1986 first-degree murder of Morris “Rick” Fleming and was sentenced to death. We previously summarized the facts of this case in the Court’s opinion on direct appeal:

In March 1986, Wickham together with family members…