Supreme Court of Florida· 9/28/2000

Cherry v. State

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781 So. 2d 1040
2000 WL 1424537

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holding that even if trial counsel should have presented witnesses to testify about Cherry's abusive background, he was not entitled to relief because \most of the testimony now offered by Cherry is cumulative to that stated in Dr. Barnard's report\
stating that relief was not warranted even though the new expert reached different conclusions from those of the prior expert
stating that voluntary intoxication defense is wholly inconsistent with the defense of innocence
finding that while counsel appeared to give mental health expert insufficient information upon which to base an evaluation, there was no deficiency given that lack of information was due to defendant's lack of cooperation
finding no ineffective assistance of counsel when defendant refused to supply names of witnesses who would have testified on his behalf
finding no deficient performance by counsel because the alleged missing information was due to the defendant’s lack to cooperation

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Judges: Per Curiam

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