No. 23-7764

Lower Court: Florida

Docketed: 2024-06-20

Status: Denied

Type: IFP

IFP

Tags: bad-acts ballistics-evidence capital-case criminal-evidence criminal-procedure-ineffective-assistance-of-couns ineffective-assistance other-crimes-evidence postconviction-review prejudice strickland-standard strickland-v-washington trial-counsel

Latest Conference: 2024-09-30

Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether in a case with no direct evidence connecting the defendant to the crime except the introduction of evidence of other crimes or bad acts, the Strickland standard in evaluating trial counsel's effectiveness in light of all the circumstances at trial, should be applied in favor of the defendant?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Strickland standard should be applied in favor of the defendant in a case with no direct evidence connecting the defendant to the crime except the introduction of evidence of other crimes or bad acts