RONDELL LYLES
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A circuit court's resolution of a Strickland ineffective assistance of counsel claim is reviewed under a mixed standard that defers to factual findings but applies de novo review to legal conclusions.
Rondell Lyles appealed a circuit court's resolution of his Strickland claim regarding ineffective assistance of counsel. The specifics of the underlyi…
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PER CURIAM.
Affirmed.
See Sochor v. State, 883 So. 2d 766, 771–72 (Fla. 2004) (“When we review a circuit court's resolution of a Strickland claim . . . we apply a mixed standard of review because both the performance and the prejudice prongs of the Strickland test present mixed questions of law and fact. We defer to the circuit court's factual findings, but we review de novo the circuit court's legal conclusions.” (citations omitted)); Griffin v. State, 639 So. 2d 966, 968 (Fla. 1994) ("[Evidence which is inextricably intertwined with the crime charged] is admissible under section 90.402 because ‘it is a relevant and inseparable part of the act which is in issue. . .. [I]t is necessary to admit the evidence to adequately describe the deed.” (quoting Charles W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 404.17 (1993 ed))).