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Case Number:  SC04-2066  - Closed

DAVID COOK  vs.  STATE OF FLORIDA

Lower Tribunal Case(s): 84-19874C


 Date Docketed
Description
Filed By
Notes
10/26/2004 NOTICE-APPEAL (3.850-EVIDENTIARY HEARING) AA David Cook 100018 BY: AA Rachel Day 68535  
10/27/2004 No Fee Required   3.850 BELOW
11/04/2004 ORDER-RECORD FILING (HEARINGS/TRIAL)   TR: 01/04/2005; ROA: 02/24/2005; EXH: 08/24/2005 (IF ANY)
01/27/2005 LETTER   DATED 01/21/2004 RE: TRANSCRIPTS/RECORD
02/02/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (RECORD ON APPEAL) AA David Cook 100018 BY: AA Paul Edward Kalil 174114  
02/25/2005 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (RECORD ON APPEAL)   Appellant's motion for extension of time filed with this Court on February 2, 2005, is granted and the time to file the record on appeal with this Court is extended to and including March 4, 2005.
03/28/2005 RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Harvey Ruvin, Clerk DADE-CR BY: Hon. Harvey Ruvin, Clerk DADE-CR ROA (16 VOLUMES) & TRANSCRIPT (13 VOLUMES) - 1 BOX
03/29/2005 ORDER-DEP BRIEF SCHED (120)   120-90-60 (L: 100-100-35)
04/07/2005 MOTION-RECORD SUPPLEMENTATION AA David Cook 100018 BY: AA Rachel Day 68535  
04/07/2005 NOTICE-APPEARANCE   BY RACHEL L. DAY, ASSIST CCRC-SOUTH AS COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT
05/04/2005 ORDER-RECORD SUPPLEMENTATION GR (CIRC CT)   Appellant's Motion to Supplement the Record is granted. The trial court clerk is directed, on or before May 24, 2005, to supplement the record with the items listed in paragraph (three) 3 1.-5. of said motion (copy attached).
05/24/2005 SUPP RECORD/TRANSCRIPT Hon. Harvey Ruvin, Clerk DADE-CR BY: Hon. Harvey Ruvin, Clerk DADE-CR VOLUMES 1 & 2
07/26/2005 INITIAL BRIEF-MERITS AA David Cook 100018 BY: AA Rachel Day 68535 O&7 & E-MAIL
08/30/2005 EXHIBITS   1 B0X
09/06/2005 NOTICE-ADDRESS CHANGE AE State Of Florida STATE BY: AE Margarita Ines Cimadevilla 616990  
10/26/2005 ORDER-EXT OF TIME GR (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS)   Due to the destruction caused by Hurricane Wilma, appellee's request for extension of time to file the answer brief on the merits and response to petition for writ of habeas corpus, made via telephone on October 26, 2005, is granted and appellee is allowed to and including November 28, 2005, in which to serve the answer brief on the merits and response to petition for writ of habeas corpus. NO FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF TIME WILL BE GRANTED TO APPELLEE FOR THE FILING OF THE ANSWER BRIEF ON THE MERITS AND RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS. All other times will be extended accordingly.
10/26/2005 MOTION-EXT OF TIME (ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS) AE State Of Florida STATE BY: AE Margarita Ines Cimadevilla 616990 VERBAL REQUEST DUE TO HURRICANE WILMA
11/18/2005 ANSWER BRIEF-MERITS AE State Of Florida STATE BY: AE Margarita Ines Cimadevilla 616990 O&7 & E-MAIL
01/20/2006 REPLY BRIEF-MERITS AA David Cook 100018 BY: AA Paul Edward Kalil 174114 O&7 & E-MAIL
03/03/2006 ORDER-OA SCHED   The above cases are hereby scheduled for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 2, 2006. A maximum of twenty (20) minutes to the side is allowed, but counsel is expected to use only so much of that time as is necessary. NO CONTINUANCES WILL BE GRANTED EXCEPT UPON A SHOWING OF EXTREME HARDSHIP.
03/03/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT CALENDAR    
05/02/2006 ORAL ARGUMENT HELD    
02/14/2007 DISP-REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING   David Cook, a prisoner under sentence of death, has appealed the trial court's denial of postconviction relief. Cook was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder and was sentenced to death for one of the murders. See Cook v. State, 542 So. 2d 964, 966 (Fla. 1989). On direct appeal this Court affirmed the convictions but struck the heinous, atrocious, or cruel and avoid arrest aggravators, reversed the death sentence, and remanded for resentencing before the trial judge. Id. at 970, 971. On remand, the trial court re-imposed the death sentence. On direct appeal from resentencing, this Court affirmed the sentence of death. See Cook v. State, 581 So. 2d 141 (Fla. 1991). The denial of Cook's initial motion for postconviction relief was affirmed, except for a claim asserting ineffective assistance of counsel at the penalty phase. See Cook v. State, 792 So. 2d 1197 (Fla. 2001). The Court reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing on that issue. Id. The evidentiary hearing was held in September and December of 2003. On September 22, 2004, the trial court denied postconviction relief, finding counsel's performance was not deficient and finding no prejudice. Cook appealed that denial. After an independent review of the record, the Court finds that both prongs of the standard outlined in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (1984), were met in this case. Counsel's performance during the penalty phase was deficient and fell "outside the broad range of reasonably competent performance under prevailing professional standards." Maxwell v. Wainwright, 490 So. 2d 927, 932 (Fla. 1986) (citing Strickland). Further, there was prejudice to Cook as a result of the deficient performance. Based on the totality of the circumstances surrounding the penalty phase representation, the Court's confidence in the outcome of Cook's penalty phase is undermined. Therefore, upon consideration, the Court hereby reverses the denial of postconviction relief and remands this cause to the trial court for a new penalty phase before a new judge and jury.
04/16/2007 ARCHIVES   M/R Boxes 3026, 3027
11/02/2007 EXHIBITS RETURNED   1 BOX