Dufour v. State

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• holding that defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice under Strickland, where additional mitigating evidence “did not substantially differ from that presented during the penalty phase”
• holding that trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to put on defense of voluntary intoxication, in part because defense would have been inconsistent with defense's theory of innocence
• holding that defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice where additional mitigating evidence did not substantially differ from that presented during the penalty phase
• holding that defendant failed to demonstrate prejudice where additional mitigating evidence did not substantially differ from that presented during the penalty phase
• finding that claims failed cumulatively where individual claims presented in habeas petition and in motion for postconviction relief provided no basis for relief
• concluding that the defendant did not articulate his cumulative error claim in a manner upon which this Court could afford relief where he simply referred to the “sheer number and types of errors involved” in his trial

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