Supreme Court of Florida· 5/6/2004

Gamble v. State

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877 So. 2d 706
2004 WL 1057677

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holding that defense counsel conceding during his opening statement that the defendant was guilty of second- or third-degree murder but not first-degree murder did not constitute ineffective assistance of counsel
holding that where defendant consented to conceding guilt in felony-murder, defendant could not argue that his consent was invalid because he did not understand the consequences of his consent if the strategy did not result in an acquittal of first-degree murder
upholding counsel's decision to concede a lesser included offense of second- or third-degree murder in a first-degree murder case as a reasonable trial tactic where the defendant's confession to the underlying felony was admitted
“[I]f the defendant consents to counsel’s strategy, there is no merit to a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
“[I]f the defendant consents to counsel’s strategy, there is no merit to a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
Counsel not ineffective for trial strategy of conceding guilt and seeking lesser offense when there was overwhelming evidence including a confession

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