Shelton v. State

Feb 9, 1994
No. 93-3085
Reporters:
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Before:
Dell
PER CURIAM.

We reverse the order of the trial court ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‍denying defendant’s 3.850 motion without an evidentiary hearing. We remand for an evi-dentiary hearing on the ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‍issue of whether defense counsel’s conduct, which resulted in the striking of two defense witnesses on ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‍the issue of insanity, constituted ineffective assistance of counsel, and if so, whether the exclusion of ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‍the witnesses materially prejudiced the defendant’s insanity defense. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d ‍​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‍674 (1984).

DELL, C.J., and FARMER and PARIENTE, JJ., concur.