Opinion ID: 1805306
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Heading: Failure to Secure a Speedy Trial.

Text: ¶ 12. Interestingly, this Court held on direct appeal that Mitchell was not denied his right to a speedy trial largely because he was already incarcerated for violating the terms and conditions of his parole. Mitchell, 792 So.2d at 213. Mitchell, on more than one occasion, waived the right to a speedy trial in order to allow defense counsel more time to evaluate the physical evidence and even to allow new counsel to become familiar with the case. Id. at 212. Since this Court has already held that Mitchell's defense suffered no prejudice from the delay, it follows that any purported omission by trial counsel in causing the delay could have had absolutely no adverse impact on the outcome of the trial within the meaning of Strickland v. Washington . This issue is without merit.