Supreme Court of Florida· 1/9/2003

Spencer v. State

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842 So. 2d 52
2003 WL 60546

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holding that evidence of defendant’s disassociative state would not have been admissible during the guilt phase
recognizing that even erroneous comments on a defendant’s failure to testify “do not require an automatic reversal”
holding that evidence of defendant’s dissociative state would not have been admissible during the guilt phase
holding that counsel did not perform deficiently by declining to present evidence of the antagonistic relationship between the defendant and the victim to avoid “being perceived as blaming the victim”
holding appellate counsel cannot be deemed ineffective for failing to raise an error not preserved for appeal, unless the unpreserved error is fundamental
stating that evidence of most mental conditions is too misleading to be allowed in the guilt phase, so counsel's failure to present such evidence was not ineffective

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