Legal Opinion

Walters v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 18, 2004No. 4D04-393Published

1Per curiam

Ramel Walters challenges the trial court’s summary denial of his ■ rule 3.850 motion wherein he presented several claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further review of two points.

Walters was found guilty of second degree murder and sentenced to life. The first claim subject to this court’s remand concerns Walters’s fourth point. Walters alleges that counsel misled him into believing that he had a legal obligation to testify, and then questioned him beyond their agreed upon scope of questioning. Oisorio v. State, 676 So.2d 1363…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Standard Jury Instructions in Crim. CasesSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
  2. Oisorio v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1996
  3. Calderon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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