Bowden v. State

The appellant appeals an order summarily denying his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion. In one of the claims the appellant argues that trial counsel acted ineffectively because he opened the door to testimony that the appellant was allegedly on probation in Georgia “for drugs” after the trial court, again allegedly, had ruled that the jury was not to hear such testimony. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 690, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). The court’s order and attachments indicate that the court did not address this claim. In response to this court’s show…