988 So. 2d 861 - State v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
March 2015
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Jackson v. Virginia · 441 So. 2d 732 - State v. Lynch · 661 So. 2d 442 - State v. Smith · State v. Robertson
Most-quoted passages
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“The defendant contends that defense counsel at trial was ineffective for failing to argue that, at most, the facts of this case proved attempted aggravated arson and that, since this was a non-responsive offense to aggravated arson, the jury should have been instructed to acquit the defendant. It appears from this record that defense counsel at trial made a strategy-based decision to concede that an aggravated arson occurred, but argued that the defendant did not commit the offense. Such a [^strategy decision in this matter does not rise to the level of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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