Legal Opinion
Dennis v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided December 20, 2012No. Nos. SC09-1089, SC09-2289PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Per curiam
Labrant Dennis appeals the denial of his motion to vacate his convictions of first-degree murder and sentences of death filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851 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.
*688I. BACKGROUND
The facts of this case were fully set out in this Court’s opinion on direct appeal. Dennis v. State, 817 So.2d 741 (Fla.2002). Briefly, “[o]n the morning of April 13, 1996, University of Miami football player Earl Little arrived at his on-campus…
2Cases cited84 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Jones v. BarnesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- & SC14-887 Neil K. Salazar v. State of Florida and Neil K. Salazar v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2016
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- Eric Scott Branch v. State of Florida & SC18-218 Eric Scott Branch v. Julie L. Jones, etc.Supreme Court of Florida · 2018
- Louis B. Gaskin v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2017
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