Court Opinion

ID: 9786238
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 23:51:32.48417+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:36:43.176664
License: Public Domain

LEWIS, Judge,
Concur in Part/Dissent in Part.
T1 I concur in affirming Appellant's conviction but dissent to reversing the death sentence. The victim impact testimony in this case was powerful, but it was properly admitted and any error in its admission is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.
12 The majority correctly finds that trial counsel rendered deficient performance in failing to investigate mitigation evidence. Considering this omitted mitigation evidence in light of the aggravating circumstances, I see no reasonable probability of a different outeome at trial, and thus no violation of the right 'to effective assistance of counsel. I would affirm the death sentence.