Legal Opinion

Wilson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 16, 1997No. 96-1577PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant seeks review of the denial of his motion seeking posteonviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He complains about the rejection of his claims that trial counsel had been ineffective because he failed to investigate, and to employ at trial, a voluntary intoxication defense; and that the trial court should have granted his pretrial motion for severance. We affirm the rejection of the latter claim without discussion. However, we reverse the rejection of the ineffective assistance of counsel claim.

Appellant’s motion presented a facially sufficient…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Bartley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  2. Jenkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Kitchen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Mitchell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Kijewski v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2002

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