Gatlin v. State

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

A jury convicted Brandan Gatlin of aggravated battery by a prison detainee. Several years later, Gatlin filed a timely motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, asserting twenty-three grounds for relief. We reversed the first summary denial of that motion in Gatlin v. State, 940 So.2d 1274 (Fla. 2d DCA 2006) (Gatlin I), and remanded for further proceedings with directions to the postconviction court.

On remand the court held an evidentiary hearing on two of Gatlin’s claims and denied them after the hearing. It summarily denied the rest of…