David Sylvester Frances v. State of Florida

David Sylvester Frances appeals an order of the circuit court denying 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 habe-as corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const.

On direct appeal to this Court, “Frances raise[d] three issues, each of which encom-passe[d] a number of sub-issues. He claim[ed] that: (1) the trial court improperly restricted his presentation of guilt and penalty phase evidence that was relevant to his relative culpability…