Brown v. State

Appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Only one of the allegations in the motion has merit. Although worded inartfully, appellant appears to allege that he was denied effective assistance of counsel and thus, his guilty plea was involuntary because counsel led him to believe that the trial court would sentence him to no more than seven years’ incarceration, the upper limit of the recommended guidelines range. He further contends that the state agreed to a guidelines sentence in exchange for…