Opinion ID: 2494563
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Heading: Name of Shirley Zeigler

Text: Finally, Taylor asserts that the State suppressed the name of Shirley Zeigler, which was allegedly only revealed during the cross-examination of Dr. Pollock. Taylor asserts that Zeigler could have called into question Dr. Pollock's testimony, and had she been called at trial, the defense would have been able to impeach Dr. Pollock's testimony. First, because Taylor ultimately asserts a discovery violation that was discovered and known during trial, this claim should have been raised pursuant to Richardson at trial, not in a Brady claim at the postconviction stage. See Major, 979 So.2d at 244 (citing Celestine, 717 So.2d at 206). The only cognizable claim here, therefore, is that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to request a Richardson hearing, which, as previously discussed, is without merit. Second, this is not a valid Brady violation because the State did not suppress the evidence. Taylor admits in his brief that he possessed Zeigler's initials before trial as they were contained on the calculated fragment reports. Taylor simply accuses the State of failing to identify whom those initials represented. In fact, trial counsel was able to specifically identify those initials during the cross-examination of Dr. Pollock. Taylor thus fails to establish that the State suppressed Zeigler's name when it disclosed her initials through discovery. See Ferrell v. State, 29 So.3d 959, 980 (Fla.2010) (Because the evidence at the evidentiary hearing established that Ferrell's trial counsel was in possession of the information Ferrell alleged had been withheld, this Brady claim must fail.). Third, even if this were a cognizable Brady or Giglio claim, the evidence is not material. Zeigler testified that despite her disagreement with certain elements of Dr. Pollock's testing procedures, she did not ultimately disagree with his findings. Her testimony, therefore, is unlikely to undermine confidence in the outcome. See Guzman, 868 So.2d at 506 (articulating the materiality prong of a Brady claim). Nor is there any reasonable possibility that the false testimony could have affected the judgment of the jury. See id. (articulating the materiality prong of a Giglio claim). Accordingly, relief is not warranted for this subclaim.