Floyd v. State

Darvin Floyd was convicted of attempted murder in the second degree. The trial court made a specific finding that Floyd possessed and discharged a firearm which had inflicted great bodily harm to the victim. Floyd filed a multi-point ineffective assistance of trial counsel motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The trial court summarily denied some issues, and others were the subject of an evidentiary hearing. This appeal concerns Floyd’s sole claim that defense counsel failed to investigate witness testimony that the victim, after having identified Floyd as the shooter,…