Marks v. State

GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the trial court’s order, denying appellant’s motion for relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse and remand for new trial.

The crimes involved here were heinous— kidnapping and sexual battery. The three men involved were nothing short of animals in their abuse of the female victim in 1981.

The defendant here was found guilty of both crimes, based on the victim's identification, and sentenced to life on the first charge and fifteen years on the second.

On August 5, 1981, the Assistant Public Defender assigned to defend…