WINKLES v. STATE

No. SC08-941.

21 So.3d 19 (2009)

James Delano WINKLES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied October 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bill Jennings, Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Richard E. Kiley, James Viggiano, Jr., and Ali A. Shakoor, Staff Attorneys, CCRC Middle Region, Tampa, FL, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, Carol M. Dittmar and Katherine M. Diamandis, Assistant Attorneys General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

James Delano Winkles 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. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the postconviction court's order.

I. BACKGROUND

While serving a life sentence for another crime, Winkles confessed to killing...

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