968 So. 2d 378 - Golden v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “[D]ecisions made at trial during cross-examination are tactical decisions, and this Court will not analyze these decisions in hindsight to find that certain questions should or should not have been asked of a witness. The general rule is that “an attorney’s decision to call certain witnesses and ask certain questions falls within the ambit of trial strategy and cannot give rise to an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 5 So. 3d 1178 - Thames v. State

2. “[i]n order to satisfy the `prejudice' requirement, the defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 999 So. 2d 383 - Keith v. State

3. “[D]ecisions such as the decision not to object are considered tactical, and do not rise to the level of ineffective assistance of counsel.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 241 So. 3d 599 - Tony Swinney v. State of Mississippi