Legal Opinion
Martin v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided October 18, 1978No. 78-138PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
DAUKSCH, Judge.
This case comes to us from a denial of the appellant’s motion to vacate filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse because we find the appellant was denied effective assistance of counsel.
The public defender was appointed to represent the accused shortly after his arrest on December 24, 1974. On the 4th or 5th of January, 1975 an investigator from the public defender’s office visited the defendant in jail and in the discussion during that visit the defendant told the investigator of some witnesses who would provide an alibi for the defendant. They would…
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