Opinion ID: 1369544
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Employment records

Text: Storey complains that counsel should have presented all employment records from Chaparral Boat and Vocational Rehabilitation.... There is no argument provided in Storey's brief stating why the rehabilitation records should have been introduced. Counsel felt that the additional employment information would have been cumulative and may have opened the door to drunk driving evidence. The motion court held that the [r]ecords of movant's employment history would also not be helpful. The Chaparral Boat records would show that movant quit his job on December 23, 1988. At Chaparral Boats, Storey built boat decks and hulls. The evidence from that job was that he was a hard worker with a good attitude, but that he quit without giving notice. Storey claims that he left because of an injury. The medical records indicate that his own drunk driving caused his injury. As employment mitigation, counsel presented the testimony of Storey's supervisor at the prison library. She testified that he was a good worker who did not cause trouble. The records from Chaparral indicate the same thing. Counsel was not ineffective for not putting on cumulative evidence. Skillicorn, 22 S.W.3d at 683.