558 So. 2d 450 - Gust v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “If appellant’s assertion in the case at bar is true, his attorney’s failure to act on that information, i.e., ascertain the veracity of the assertion and its relevance, may have affected the outcome of the plea and sentence entered, by, among other things, precluding appellant’s plea to a lesser offense. Ignoring the nature of the “arm” in recommending a nolo contendere plea to armed robbery would be markedly deficient conduct which, we consider, goes to the very heart of whether appellant’s plea was made knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lines v. State

2. “[a] `weapon' is legally defined to mean any object that could be used to cause death or inflict serious bodily harm.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 651 So. 2d 1242 - Williams v. State