Opinion ID: 1831577
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 8

Heading: Outburst from State Witnesses and Victim's Family Members.

Text: ¶ 66. Walker places this next claim under the heading of prosecutorial misconduct. Such claim has nothing to do with prosecutorial misconduct. However, we will address this claim as he has numbered it. ¶ 67. This next claim of ineffective assistance counsel is based on the failure of Walker's trial counsel to interpose an objection to the emotional outbursts during the trial proceedings. This claim was raised on direct appeal by Walker. The Court noted that all but one of the instances raised were not accompanied by a contemporaneous objection at trial. Therefore, the Court held the claims to be procedurally barred from consideration. However, the Court addressed the underlying substantive claim alternatively. The Court concluded that Walker was not denied a fair trial by any of the outbursts. See Walker, 671 So.2d at 621-22. This claim, like the others addressed above, presents this Court with a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel based on underlying substantive claims which this Court has already addressed and held to be without merit. Since the underlying substantive issues of the ineffectiveness claim have been held to be without merit, Walker cannot establish the deficient performance and prejudice required by Strickland. Walker is not entitled to seek relief on this claim of ineffective assistance of counsel.