Curtis Dukes v. State of Florida

FIRST D ISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
S TATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D2024-2170
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C URTIS DUKES,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA ,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Gadsden County.
Ronald W. Flury, Judge.
March 25, 2026
P ER C URIAM.
A FFIRMED. See Hilton v. State, 326 So. 3d 640, 648 (Fla. 2021)
(holding that mere speculation is insufficient to prove prejudice
under 	Strickland 	v. 	Washington, 	466 	U.S. 	668, 	687 	(1984));
Martin-Godinez v. State, 290 So. 3d 144, 146 (Fla. 1st DCA 2020)
(“The prejudice prong requires that the defendant demonstrate a
reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s errors, the result of
the proceeding would have been different.”).
RAY , M.K. THOMAS, and NORDBY, JJ., concur.

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Not 	final 	until 	disposition 	of 	any 	timely 	and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, Tyler K. Payne and Megan L.
Long, Assistant Public Defenders, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Robert C. Lee, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.