KIGHT v. DUGGER

Nos. 75086, 74974.

574 So.2d 1066 (1990)

Charles Michael KIGHT, Petitioner, v. Richard L. DUGGER, Respondent. Charles Michael KIGHT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Helm Spalding, Capital Collateral Representative, and Billy H. Nolas, Chief Asst. CCR and Josephine L. Holland and Thomas H. Dunn, Asst. Capital Collateral Representatives, Office of Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner, appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Mark C. Menser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for respondent, appellee.


EHRLICH, Justice.

Charles Kight, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to vacate conviction and sentence made pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, sections 3(b)(1) and (9), Florida Constitution.

Kight was convicted of the first-degree murder of a Jacksonville cab driver and in accordance with the...

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