Court Opinion

ID: 9938658
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 19:03:42.312152+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:37:18.323097
License: Public Domain

Defense counsel's failure to request a jury instruction to which the defendant may be entitled is not always grounds for the reversal of a conviction based on the ineffective assistance of counsel. E.g., Russov. State, 630 So.2d 142, 144 (Ala.Cr.App. 1993). I believe Strickland has not established a reasonable probability that, but for counsel's failure to request the jury be given the statutory definition of "deprived," the outcome of his trial would have been different. Therefore, I respectfully dissent from the majority's decision to grant Strickland relief on his ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim.