Lamar Z. Brooks, Appellant v. State of Florida, Appellee; Lamar Z. Brooks, Petitioner, v. Julie L. Jones

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Brooks’s initial postconviction motion and denied his habeas petition. It held that trial counsel made reasonable strategic decisions, Brooks knowingly waived mitigation, the newly discovered evidence was not credible or likely to produce an acquittal, and none of the asserted ineffective-assistance-of-appellate-counsel claims had merit. The court also concluded that Brooks waived his cumulative Brady claim by failing to adequately present it on appeal.