Brown v. State

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

KELLY, Judge.

We reconsider Deneal Brown’s petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel in light of the subsequent decision in Griffin v. State, 160 So.3d 63 (Fla.2015). ' Our conclusion that Mr. Brown is entitled to no relief is unchanged.

Mr. Brown was charged with second-degree murder. His counsel told the jury in his opening statement: “I believe that the evidence is going to show that this was self-defense, that what turned into a verbal confrontation then turned into gun play, ... but the person who shot [the victim] was just…