Diaz v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence on appeal. Appellant subsequently filed a postconviction motion seeking to vacate his conviction and sentence as well as a motion seeking a ruling that he was ineligible to be executed due to mental retardation. The postconviction court denied both motions. Appellant appealed the denial of his motions and petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus. The Supreme Court affirmed the postconviction court's orders and denied Appellant's habeas petition, holding (1) Appellant was not entitled to relief on any of his claims raised in his motion for postconviction relief; (2) Appellant was not entitled to relief on his mental retardation-related claims; and (3) Appellant's habeas claims were not properly presented in a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and thus, Appellant was not entitled to habeas corpus relief.
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