DUTCHER

v.

SWEENEY

Citator

Cited By

• Speights v. State, 711 So. 2d 167 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998)
  …cessary predicate convictions appellant’s sentence as a habitual offender is illegal. No objection is required to raise the issue of an illegal sentence on direct appeal.”). In Washington v. State, 653 So. 2d 362, 367 (Fla.1994), cert. denied mem., 516 U.S. 946, 116 S.Ct. 387, 133 L.Ed.2d 309 (1995), however, the Florida Supreme Court held that it is “improper” to sentence someone under the Habitual Violent Felony Offender Statute in reliance upon a predicate offense outside those listed in the statute, an…
• Wilburn Dobbs v. Turpin, 142 F.3d 1383 (11th Cir. 1998)
  …825 (1987)), cert. denied, 513 U.S. 1009, 115 S.Ct. 532, 130 L.Ed.2d 435 (1994). “The failure to do so may render counsel’s assistance ineffective.” Baxter v. Thomas, 45 F. 3d 1501, 1513 (11th Cir.) (quotations and citations omitted), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 946, 116 S.Ct. 385, 133 L.Ed.2d 307 (1995). This circuit also recognizes that “under some circumstances an attorney may make a strategic choice not to conduct a particular investigation.” Armstrong, 833 F. 2d at 1432-33 (citations omitted). “In any in…