Legal Opinion

Gonzalez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 22, 2009No. 3D09-1553PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtCope, J.

This is an appeal of an order summarily denying a motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal 3.850. We remand for further proceedings.

Defendant-appellant Gonzalez was convicted of armed burglary and false imprisonment. In point one of his motion, the defendant contends that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move for a judgment of acquittal on the ground that the evidence was legally insufficient to *1115support the proposition that the defendant was armed during the burglary. He asserts that the evidence only supported the charge of unarmed burglary.

The victim…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Woods v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. Boykin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  3. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002
  4. Barrett v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Gonzalez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

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