Supreme Court of Florida· 10/20/2005

Davis v. State

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928 So. 2d 1089
2005 WL 4044494

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concluding that trial counsel effectively presented evidence of Davis’s intoxication through the cross-examination of Kearney and Castle
concluding that referring to a defendant as “a cagey little murderer. Little robber, cagey little thief,” “was not as egregious as in cases where this Court has found fundamental error”
holding prosecutor’s references to the defendant as “a cagey little murderer” and a “[l]ittle robber, cagey little thief” did not constitute fundamental error
finding counsel’s strategy to preserve first and last closing arguments reasonable
Trial counsel’s performance was not deficient when self-defense theory advanced during trial was to lessen the degree of the charged murder, counsel was able to elicit testimony and evidence i[n] support of the theory, and the jury was instructed on self-defense
evidence was insufficient to establish Brady violation where the witness had the hope that the State would assist him in his effort to secure his gain time, but there was no evidence that a deal was in fact made or a promise conclusively extended

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