Legal Opinion

Rish v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 12, 2019No. Case No. 5D18-3657Published

1Per curiam

*234Arthur M. Rish challenges the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. We affirm on all grounds except ground four, in which Rish alleged that his trial counsel was ineffective for advising him to reject the State's plea offer.

In ground four, Rish alleged that while his trial counsel properly conveyed a plea offer from the State, counsel misadvised him to reject the offer and failed to inform him that the State could seek to have him sentenced as an habitual felony offender ("HFO"). In summarily denying ground four, the trial court found…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Spera v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  3. Alcorn v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2013
  4. Armstrong v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  5. Boyers v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

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