Legal Opinion

Brown v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 11, 1987No. BQ-117Published

1Opinion of the Court

WIGGINTON, Judge.

Appellant appeals the trial court’s summary denial of his motion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We reverse and remand.

In his motion, appellant alleged ineffective assistance of counsel in that his attorney failed to call certain defense witnesses to attack the credibility of the State’s sole witness against appellant. He attached affidavits of three witnesses, in which the witnesses stated that they had personal knowledge of the State’s witness’s reputation for being untruthful and they had so informed defense…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Knight v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1981
  2. Swain v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  3. Blanco v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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