Opinion ID: 1907107
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Heading: Sympathy in the Jury Room.

Text: Zack argues appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to claim reversible error on appeal because the prosecutor told the jury not to allow sympathy in the jury room and to decide the case only on the evidence. This Court addressed the prosecutor's comments in its opinion on direct appeal. See Zack, 753 So.2d at 24. In addressing whether the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the role of sympathy in the deliberative process, this Court refused Zack's invitation to recede from the case law which was unfavorable to his argument. Id. at 23. [C]laims raised in a habeas petition which petitioner has raised in prior proceedings and which have been previously decided on the merits in those proceedings are procedurally barred in the habeas petition. Porter v. Crosby, 840 So.2d 981, 984 (Fla. 2003). Thus, Zack is not entitled to relief on this claim.