& SC13-706 Lamar Z. Brooks v. State of Florida and Lamar Z. Brooks v. Julie L. Jones, etc.

Lamar Brooks appeals an order of the circuit court that denied his initial motion to vacate his convictions of first-degree murder and sentences of death filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. As explained below, we affirm the postcon-viction court’s denial of relief on all claims and deny Brooks’ petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

FACTS AND BACKGROUND

Lamar Brooks was convicted and sentenced to death for the first-degree murders of Rachel Carlson and…