William Frances Silvia v. State of Florida

Summary

The court affirmed the summary denial of Silvia's successive postconviction motion and denied a stay and oral argument. It held that his valid 2012 waiver permanently barred collateral attacks based on later legal developments, while alternatively concluding that his execution-timing and etomidate claims lacked merit. The court determined that appointment of competent postconviction counsel satisfied his statutory rights and that the etomidate allegations were too speculative to warrant an evidentiary hearing.