Legal Opinion

McDonald v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 18, 2009No. 3D09-95Published

1Per curiam

We affirm the trial court’s order denying McDonald’s postconviction motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). The trial court denied relief without attaching supporting documents conclusively refuting McDonald’s claim.

In this case, however, we have taken judicial notice of McDonald’s previous filings in this Court. See, e.g., Romeo v. State, 965 So.2d 197, 198 (Fla. 3d DCA 2007) (taking judicial notice of a postcon-viction movant’s previous filings). In Case No. 3D07-2277, McDonald submitted the transcript from the applicable sentencing hearing. The transcript reveals…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Romeo v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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