Legal Opinion

Speights v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 23, 2001No. 2D01-88Published

1Opinion of the Court

GREEN, Judge.

Kashena Speights appeals the summary denial of her motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Speights, at age seventeen, pleaded guilty to attempted second-degree murder with a firearm and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. She was sentenced to ten years in prison. Speights alleged that the shooting was accidental and that she entered a guilty plea because her attorney misadvised her of the consequences of invoking her right to a jury trial and also failed to investigate the case adequately.

Speights alleged…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  2. Ledbetter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  3. Austin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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