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WILLIAM PADRON v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
21-0448
| Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | Dec 1, 2021
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*1 Before FERNANDEZ, C.J., and EMAS and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See McCoy v. Louisiana, ___ U.S. ___, 138 S. Ct. 1500, 1509 (2018) (holding: “When a client expressly asserts that that the objective of ‘ his defence’ is to maintain innocence of the charged criminal acts, his lawyer must abide by that objective and may not override it by conceding guilt.”); Atwater v. State, 300 So. 3d 589, 591 (Fla. 2020) (affirming the trial court’s denial of Atwater’s motion for postconviction relief, noting that, unlike the defendant in McCoy, Atwater never expressed to counsel that he wished to maintain his innocence or objected to any admission of guilt at trial: “The crux of Atwater’s argument is to fault counsel for failing to discuss with Atwater the potential trial strategy of conceding guilt”). See also Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 687 (1984) (holding that a defendant must establish both constitutionally deficient performance and resulting prejudice that is ”so serious as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial, a trial whose result is reliable. Unless a defendant makes both showings, it cannot be said that the conviction. . . resulted from a breakdown in the adversary process that renders the result unreliable.”)

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Case Details

Case Name: WILLIAM PADRON v. THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Dec 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0448
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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