VAN POYCK v. SINGLETARY

No. 89870.

715 So.2d 930 (1998)

William VAN POYCK, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied August 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald S. Bettman, Jacksonville, and Jeffrey O. Davis and Mitchell S. Moser of Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, WI, for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Celia A. Terenzio, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for Respondent.


PER CURIAM.

William Van Poyck, a prisoner under sentence of death, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(9), Florida Constitution, and find that Van Poyck is not entitled to relief.

On June 24, 1987, Van Poyck was arrested following an attempt to free prison inmate James O'Brien from the custody of two corrections officers. Officer Fred Griffis was shot and killed during the commission of...

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