Brown v. State
Brown v. State
Opinion of the Court
In these consolidated cases Willie Brown appeals from orders denying his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion
I. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel:
Counsel’s failure to inform and discuss with the Defendant a potential defense of an Independent Act where the evidence would have been supportive.
II. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel:
Counsel’s misadvi[c]e interfered with Defendant’s right to testify.
III. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel:
Counsel engaging in virtually no pretrial investigation, and advising Defendant not to testify, thus allowing [the] State’s version of events to go uncontradicted.
IV. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel:
Counsel’s misinformation to Defendant that a Defendant in a criminal proceeding can not be found guilty based upon circumstantial evidence, eause[d] an unintelligent rejection of the [S]tate’s plea offer.
V. Defense counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to properly advis[e] the defendant on his right to testify. Wherefore counsel misadvised defendant in violation of the sixth and fourteenth amendment right of the United States constitution.
VI. Prior to trial, counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object [to] Kwanza Boykin’s trial testimony that Defendant had taken 40 or 50 stolen cars to her house.
VII. Counsel was ineffective for arguing in closing defendant[’s] prior contact with police, when defendant did not testify if defense counsel in closing argument would have not made the following comments. (See comments on page 1718 of the trial transcript).
VIII. Counsel was ineffective for failing to object and motion for mistrial for Williams rule violation when the jury was allowed evidence of defendants] past crimes (criminal history) bad acts, and incarceration in violation of 6th and 14th amendment u.s. [sic] Constitution.
IX. Counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to redaction of defendant’s taped confession which altered defendant’s statement, causing prejudice where jury could not hear that fact as they were told in violation of the 6th and 14th amendment of the constitution.
X. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel: Counsel’s multiple deficiencies.
Following an evidentiary hearing during which Brown’s testimony was contradicted
Based on our review of the record, we find no error in any of the trial court’s determinations and therefore affirm denial of Brown’s motion.
Affirmed.
. The trial court issued its initial order denying relief July 26, 2010, and thereafter clarified its denial of relief with two subsequent orders, filed March 9, 2011.
. Counsel was appointed to represent, and represented, Brown at the hearing on his Rule 3.850 motion.
. Brown’s tenth claim was cumulative error requiring no ruling in light of the court’s rulings on claims one through nine.
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