Opinion ID: 2492624
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Duplicate Claims

Text: Johnston raises four additional claims in habeas that are procedurally barred because they are mere duplications of issues raised in his instant postconviction motion: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to object to the verbal jury instructions, (2) ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to challenge the fingerprint evidence, (3) ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to move to suppress Johnston's statements to law enforcement, [11] and (4) trial court error in admitting the Williams rule evidence of the Coryell murder. A habeas petition may not be used to litigate issues that have already been raised in a postconviction motion. See McDonald v. State, 952 So.2d 484, 498 (Fla.2006). Therefore, Johnston's petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied.