Carswell v. State

KELLY, Judge.

Maurice Carswell appeals the order summarily denying his timely motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Carswell raises six grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel in his motion, only one of which has merit.

In February 2000, Carswell pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and was sentenced to a guidelines sentence of twenty-one years’ incarceration. In his motion, Carswell alleges that his counsel was ineffective for failing to advise him that based upon his age on the date of the offense and at sentencing, he was…