Tippins v. State

Steven Tippins timely appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion for post-conviction relief. He argues that the trial court erred in failing to give him an opportunity to amend grounds one, four, five and eight of his motion for postconviction relief, and that the trial court further erred in denying his motion to disqualify. The State concedes error with respect to ground eight, agreeing with Tippins that he should have been granted leave to amend with respect to ground eight only, and with respect to Attorney Candice Hawthorne only. 1 See Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754, 761…