Ward v. State

Appellant challenges the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion. Although Appellant raised numerous claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in his motion, on appeal he only addresses one point in his pro se brief — the alleged failure of the trial court to give him the opportunity to correct his facially deficient motion. Because it is evident that the trial court addressed the merits of Appellant’s claims and did not base its ruling on ostensible pleading deficiencies, we affirm as to Appellant’s one point on appeal. We have not reviewed the other…