Hartley v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

A jury convicted Stephen Hartley of attempted robbery. He filed a timely motion for posteonvietion relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The posteonvietion court denied relief on all grounds of his motion; some it denied summarily, some after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm the court’s decision without discussion on all grounds except one. We reverse the denial of Hartley’s claim that his counsel was ineffective for failing to ameliorate the negative effect that his admissions to prior convictions might have had on the jury. We remand for an evidentiary…