Hilligenn v. State

Roy S. Hilligenn seeks review of an adverse ruling on his motion made pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm on eleven of the twelve points raised, but remand for further proceedings on the claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to inform appellant of a plea offer made by the State.

All of Hilligenn’s claims involve alleged inadequacies of his trial counsel. He asserts that after trial and sentencing counsel told him that the sentence was not much harsher *362than the pretrial offer made by the prosecution. Appellant represents this was the first he had heard of…