Ciambrone v. State

Heather Ciambrone appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of her motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Although Ciambrone raised ten claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, we find no merit in three of those claims, the denial of which we affirm without discussion. We reverse the summary denial of the seven remaining claims and remand to the post-conviction court for reconsideration of those claims.

Ciambrone was charged in July 1995 with the first-degree murder of her adopted son, Lucas. She was found incompetent to proceed until March…