817 So. 2d 786 - Hunter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 45 state decisions

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1. “establish that an actual conflict of interest adversely affected his lawyer's performance.”

   16 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Owen v. Secretary for the Department of Corrections · Flaherty v. State

2. “the right to effective assistance of counsel encompasses the right to representation free from actual conflict.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Overton v. State · Mungin v. State

3. “The following facts were established at trial. On September 16, 1992, James Hunter (a.k.a. Michael Miller), Tammie Cowan, Cathy Woodward, Charles Anderson, [Bruce Pope (a.k.a. Andre Smith) ], and Eric Boyd [ (a.k.a. Lee Lewis) ] traveled by car from St. Augustine to DeLand. Tammie Cowan testified that there were two black BB guns and one silver handgun in the car. Boyd and Anderson had the BB guns and Hunter had the handgun. In De-Land they stopped briefly to see Andre Smith’s mother. Thereafter, at approximately 11:44 p.m., Cowan stopped the car and Anderson, Boyd, Smith, and Hunter exited. Hunter then confronted and robbed a man on the street, using the silver handgun. Hunter and his companions then departed for Daytona Beach. Shortly afterwards, a “be on the lookout” (BOLO) alert for the DeLand robbers was transmitted by the police throughout the Volusia County area. The BOLO described a gray four-door sedan occupied by at least five black individuals, two of whom were females, who were suspects. After the robbery, Hunter directed Cowan to drive to Daytona Beach and the vicinity of Bethune-Cookman College where four young men were standing outside the “Munch Shop.” Hunter instructed Cowan to stop the vehicle, and Hunter, Lewis, Anderson, and Smith exited and approached the four men. Hunter was armed with the silver handgun. Hunter approached the men and ordered them to “give it up.” Hunter and his companions then robbed the men at gunpoint. Thereafter, while the men were l”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 29 So. 3d 256 - Hunter v. State