Mendoza v. State

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• noting that a strategic or tactical decision is not a valid basis for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim unless no competent counsel would have employed such tactics
• noting that a strategic or tactical decision is not a valid basis for an ineffective assistance of counsel claim unless no competent counsel would have employed such tactics
• “[I]f counsel conducts a reasonable investigation of a potential witness, the subsequent decision not to call such a witness is ‘virtually unchallengeable.’”
• “[N]ot only is Mendoza unable to rebut the presumption that counsel’s decision was reasonable and strategic, Mendoza’s express agreement to such a decision is fatal to his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
• “[N]ot only is Mendoza unable to rebut the presumption that counsel’s decision was reasonable and strategic, Mendoza’s express agreement to such a decision is fatal to his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.”
• “[N]ot only is Mendoza unable to rebut the presumption that counsel's decision was reasonable and strategic, Mendoza's express agreement to such a decision is fatal to his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilcox v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-05-08· cited 32×
• Ferguson v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2012-10-31· cited 5×
• Fletcher v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2015-10-23· cited 4×
• Darious Wilcox v. State of Florida
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2014-07-10
• Febres v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2017-03-22
• Allen Burkhalter v. State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2019-09-09
• April Thomason v. the State of Florida
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-11-20

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Jones v. Barnes
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-05· cited 7,925×
• Wainwright v. Sykes
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-23· cited 6,068×
• Wiggins v. Smith, Warden
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-26· cited 5,961×
• Taylor v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1988-03-28· cited 1,952×
• Florida v. Nixon
  Supreme Court· 2004-12-13· cited 963×
• Windom v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-05-06· cited 52×
• Gamble v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2004-05-06· cited 22×
• White v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1999-03-11· cited 16×
• Stein v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2008-09-25· cited 16×