Opinion ID: 1611770
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Remaining Guilt Phase Claims

Text: In his seventh claim on appeal, Cole seeks a DNA test. Cole did not include this claim in his rule 3.850 motion; instead, Cole made an oral request for the DNA testing at the Huff hearing. The trial court summarily denied Cole's request without explanation. We note that the trial court's denial of Cole's DNA request came prior to the effective date of section 925.11, Florida Statutes (2001), and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.853 (DNA testing). We do not address Cole's request for relief at this time except to state that our decision should not be read to prohibit Cole from seeking such testing pursuant to the mandates of section 925.11 and rule 3.853. We find Cole's tenth claim, that Cole should be allowed to contact the jurors in an attempt to determine juror misconduct and that the ethical prohibition preventing Cole from contacting the jurors is unconstitutional, to be procedurally barred. See Arbelaez v. State, 775 So.2d 909, 920 (Fla.2000) (explaining that an identical claim was procedurally barred as it could have and should have been raised on direct appeal). Having considered all of Cole's guilt phase issues, we affirm the trial court's denial of the 3.850 motion in respect to the guilt phase of Cole's trial.