Stokes v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The limited record before this court supports Stokes’s claim that his counsel’s omission was indeed prejudicial. See Gutierrez v. State, 778 So.2d 372 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001). Whether this failure was a strategic decision cannot be determined from the record before this court. It is entirely possible that defense counsel may have made a viable strategic decision to rely on the officer’s statement rather than to subpoena the interpreter. This issue must be resolved by the trial court and will almost certainly require an evidentiary hearing. See Flores v. State, 662 So.2d 1350 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995).”

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