KIRK DIXON, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Thompson v. State, 88 So. 3d 312 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012)
  …owever, have recognized post-conviction claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in connection with counsel’s handling of a defendant’s competency to [*319] proceed. See, e.g., Jackson v. State, 29 So. 3d 1161 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010); Coker v. State, 978 So. 2d 809 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008). We now clarify the standard that applies to such a claim. To establish ineffective assistance of counsel, the movant must show both counsel’s deficient performance and actual prejudice. See generally Strickland v. Washington, 4…
• Jackson v. State, 29 So. 3d 1161 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010)
  …sel of his condition. Cf. Schultheis v. State, 12 So. 3d 811, 812 (Fla. 1st DCA 2009) (“A narrow argument that counsel was ineffective for failing to raise the competency issue, however, is cognizable in the postconviction posture”); Coker v. State, 978 So. 2d 809 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (recognizing the failure to raise a defendant’s alleged incompetency as a ground for asserting ineffective assistance of counsel); Luckey v. State, 979 So. 2d 353, 354 (Fla. 5th DCA 2008) (holding that claim that counsel was inef…
• Royce M. Williams v. State, 46 So. 3d 118 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010)
  …ut the information in writing and provide it to the state along with supporting evidence, and that his counsel failed to take the action directed by the court. The trial court erred in denying this claim as facially insufficient. See Coker v. State, 978 So. 2d 809 (Fla. 1st DCA 2008) (holding that defense counsel’s failure to draft an order for mental evaluation of the appellant after obtaining the judge’s oral authorization amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel). Accordingly, we reverse the trial c…