Opinion ID: 1597640
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Successive Postconviction Proceedings

Text: In 2006, Walton filed a successive motion for postconviction relief based on the discussion of inconsistent prosecutorial theories in Bradshaw v. Stumpf, 545 U.S. 175, 125 S.Ct. 2398, 162 L.Ed.2d 143 (2005), and newly discovered affidavits from two witnesses regarding the jail informant's alleged role as a state agent. Walton also claimed that Florida's lethal injection protocol violates the Eighth Amendment based on the newly discovered evidence presented within an article, Inadequate Anaesthesia in Lethal Injection for Execution, published in The Lancet, [5] and the American Bar Association's report on the death penalty, Evaluating Fairness and Accuracy in the State Death Penalty System: The Florida Death Penalty Assessment Report, issued in 2006. In conjunction with his motion, Walton filed demands for public records from the Department of Corrections, the Office of the Attorney General, and the Office of the State Attorney, which were met with objections from each entity. The circuit court denied the public records request and entered a separate order summarily denying the motion to vacate. Walton now seeks relief from this Court, raising four issues related to the motion to vacate and two issues relating to the motion for production of additional public records.