State v. Prudent

The defendant, Ensi Prudent, filed a motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, asserting ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Following an extensive evi-dentiary hearing, the trial court granted the defendant’s motion and awarded him a new trial. Based on the trial court’s relevant findings of fact, which are supported by competent, substantial evidence, we find no error in the trial court’s legal conclusion that trial counsel’s performance was deficient, and that the deficiency prejudiced the defendant. See Rojas v. State, 922 So.2d 350, 352…