Legal Opinion

Rangel-Pardo v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 30, 2004No. 2D03-3758PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CANADY, Judge.

Jose Luis Rangel-Pardo challenges the summary denial of his motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. In his motion, Rangel-Pardo raised three grounds for relief. Because he makes a facially sufficient claim alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to investigate and to interview a potential witness, we reverse and remand on ground one. We affirm on grounds two and three without comment.

In Robinson v. State, 659 So.2d 444, 445 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995), this court held that a facially sufficient motion alleging…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Bruno v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  3. Highsmith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
  4. Robinson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Omar Livingston v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  2. Smith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API