Opinion ID: 1841380
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Wells's Identification

Text: Grim claims counsel was ineffective for failing to suggest that Cynthia Wells misidentified him, specifically, by failing to point out that Wells indicated he was wearing a shirt, while officers who had contact with Grim that morning indicated he was shirtless. The trial court properly rejected this claim. Wells did testify that Grim was wearing a light-colored shirt when she saw him on the fishing bridge. Officers who responded to the victim's home the morning of the murder indicated that Grim was not wearing a shirt. Rodgers also testified Grim was not wearing a shirt when he entered the bait shop. However, contrary to Grim's suggestion, trial counsel did cross-examine Wells as to her ability to identify Grim, asking her, among other things, to describe the shirt Grim was wearing. Further, he questioned Wells's identification of Grim in closing argument, specifically pointing out that the surveillance tape from the bait shop showed Grim without a shirt, while Wells testified he was wearing one. An argument about whether Grim was wearing a shirt when he encountered officers earlier in the day would add little. See Brown v. State, 846 So.2d 1114, 1121 (Fla.2003) (finding arguments that counsel should have cross-examined or more strenuously examined on certain issues to be essentially a hindsight analysis). Therefore, Grim's claim fails the first Strickland prong by failing to identify an error or omission, much less a serious error omission, committed by counsel.