Opinion ID: 179980
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Heading: Glock's Appeals and Postconviction Proceedings

Text: As Puiatti was pursuing his appeals and postconviction proceedings, his co-defendant Glock was doing the same. On direct appeal, the Florida Supreme Court consolidated Glock's appeal with Puiatti's. Glock claimed, among other things, that the state trial court erred in refusing to sever Puiatti's and Glock's penalty phase trial. The Florida Supreme Court denied Glock's claims challenging his death sentence including his penalty-phase severance claimsfor the same reasons it denied Puiatti's. Puiatti I, 495 So.2d at 132. Glock filed a Rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief, which the Florida trial court denied in 1988. Glock appealed to the Florida Supreme Court and filed in the Florida Supreme Court a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Glock's Rule 3.850 motion and denied his state habeas petition. Glock v. Dugger, 537 So.2d 99 (Fla.1989) ( Glock I ). In 1989, Glock filed a § 2254 petition in district court. Glock's petition claimed, inter alia, that the state trial court erred by not granting Glock a severance at the guilt and penalty phases. The district court denied Glock's § 2254 petition. Glock v. Dugger, 752 F.Supp. 1027 (M.D.Fla.1990) ( Glock II ). In doing so, the district court concluded that Glock's Confrontation Clause rights were not violated by admission of Puiatti's individual confession and the joint confession, and the state trial court did not err in denying Glock's motions to sever. Id. at 1029-31. [13] In 1994, a panel of this Court affirmed in part and reversed in part. Glock v. Singletary, 36 F.3d 1014 (11th Cir.1994) ( Glock III ). This Glock III decision was vacated on April 19, 1995. Glock v. Singletary, 51 F.3d 942 (11th Cir.1995) ( en banc ). This Court en banc concluded that (1) Glock was not entitled to relief on his Confrontation Clause claim on the merits, and (2) the non-retroactivity principle of Teague v. Lane, 489 U.S. 288, 109 S.Ct. 1060, 103 L.Ed.2d 334 (1989) precluded relief on Glock's HAC jury instruction claim. Glock v. Singletary, 65 F.3d 878, 880 (11th Cir.1995) ( en banc ) ( Glock IV ). The en banc Court remanded the case to the panel to consider Glock's remaining challenges to his death sentence. Id. On remand, the Glock panel considered those claims, which included Glock's claim that his [death] sentence should be set aside because ... the [state] trial court refused to sever [Glock's] sentencing proceeding from his co-defendant's, thereby depriving him of individualized sentencing. Glock v. Singletary, 84 F.3d 385, 385 (11th Cir.1996) ( Glock V ). The Glock V panel summarily affirmed the district court's denial of Glock's penalty-phase severance claim, stating, We find no merit in [this] ... claim[ ] and therefore affirm the district court's denial of relief thereon. Id. at 386. But the Glock V panel remanded the case to the district court for an evidentiary hearing on Glock's ineffective trial counsel claim. Id. The United States Supreme Court denied Glock's petitions for certiorari. Glock v. Singletary, 519 U.S. 888, 117 S.Ct. 225, 136 L.Ed.2d 157 (1996); Glock v. Singletary, 519 U.S. 1044, 117 S.Ct. 616, 136 L.Ed.2d 540 (1996). The district court conducted an evidentiary hearing on Glock's ineffective assistance claim and again denied the claim. This Court affirmed. Glock v. Moore, 195 F.3d 625 (11th Cir.1999) ( Glock VI ). The United States Supreme Court denied Glock's certiorari petition. Glock v. Moore, 531 U.S. 890, 121 S.Ct. 213, 148 L.Ed.2d 150 (2000). After the Florida governor signed Glock's death warrant, Glock filed a successive Rule 3.850 motion, which was denied in 2000. Glock appealed and filed a successive state habeas petition in the Florida Supreme Court. The Florida Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Glock's successive 3.850 motion and denied Glock's successive habeas petition. Glock v. Moore, 776 So.2d 243 (Fla.2001) ( Glock VII ). The United States Supreme Court denied Glock's certiorari petition and his application for a stay of execution. Glock v. Florida, 531 U.S. 1107, 121 S.Ct. 848, 148 L.Ed.2d 733. Glock was executed in 2001.