Legal Opinion

Sims v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided June 11, 1992No. 77616PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

602 So.2d 1253 (1992)

Terry Melvin SIMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 77616.

Supreme Court of Florida.

June 11, 1992.

Rehearing Denied August 17, 1992.

Richard L. Jorandby, Public Defender, and Steven H. Malone and Eric M. Cumfer, Asst. Public Defenders, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Kellie A. Nielan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.

2Per curiam

We have on appeal the trial court's denial of a motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. The…

Also in this document: Dissent; Concurrence.

3Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Hitchcock v. DuggerSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Bundy v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  5. Stevens v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1989

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4Cited by25 opinions

  1. Sims v. SingletaryCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
  2. Sims v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  3. Porter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  4. Reed v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  5. Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005

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