Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2014

Jerrold Baron v. State

Jerrold Baron v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided November 19, 2014 · Damoorgian, Warner, Taylor
152 So. 3d 678; 2014 Fla. App. LEXIS 18835; 2014 WL 6460850 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Jerrold Baron v. State

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the trial court’s thorough order denying appellant’s motion for post-conviction relief from his convictions for vehicular manslaughter and DUI manslaughter. After a full evidentiary hearing, the trial court concluded that none of the appellant’s contentions constituted ineffective assistance of counsel. Most claims were either unproven or were shown to be reasonable trial strategy decisions by counsel and agreed to by the appellant. Moreover, competent substan *679 tial evidence supports the trial court’s conclusion that, even if all of appellant’s claims of ineffective assistance and failure to present evidence had been cured at trial, there was no reasonable probability that the results at trial would have been different, given the testimony and other evidence presented by the state. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 694, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). This included eyewitness testimony of appellant’s swerving and weaving prior to striking the pedestrian victims, as well as his fleeing the scene, and his admissions, in recorded telephone calls at the jail, to drinking and driving.

DAMOORGIAN, C.J., WARNER and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.

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