Williams v. State

Leonard Williams appeals the denial of his rule 3.850 motion.

Williams raised five claims of ineffective assistance of counsel in his postconviction motion. The trial court attached the State’s response as the justification for denying the motion. In its response below, the State made a general argument that Williams was trying to raise procedurally barred claims of trial court error in the guise of ineffective assistance of counsel claims. This argument did not discuss the substance of the particular claims to explain why these issues are not cognizable in a rule 3.850 motion, and the State…