Opinion ID: 1841380
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Surveillance Tape

Text: Grim next claims trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to point out that the bait shop surveillance tape shows Grim entering and exiting the store on foot and that it does not show his car in the parking lot or entering or exiting the bridge. He suggests this undermines Wells's identification and the theory that Grim drove his car onto the bridge with Campbell's body in the trunk and disposed of the body in the bay. The trial court concluded that Grim failed to establish prejudice because, as Hill testified, several witnesses placed Grim on the pier and the surveillance tape clearly showed him in the bait shop. [7] We agree that Grim cannot establish prejudice. The surveillance tape placed Grim in the bait shop shortly after 2 p.m. on the afternoon of the murder. Rodgers likewise placed Grim in the bait shop, and Wells placed Grim and his car on the fishing bridge early that same afternoon. A fisherman hooked the victim's body in the bay at around 3:30 p.m. Blood with female DNA was found in the trunk of Grim's car. Given this evidence, and the large amount of evidence otherwise linking Grim to the victim, Grim has not identified anything related to the surveillance tape that undermines our confidence in the outcome of the proceeding.