Goforth v. State

We review an order denying a motion for postconviction relief filed by Raymond Goforth pursuant to rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. The motion contained fifteen grounds alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Two were denied after an evidentiary hearing, and the remainder were summarily denied. Of the numerous assertions of error raised by Goforth, 1 we believe that only one warrants reversal and remand for an eviden-tiary hearing. That error concerns the trial court’s summary denial of Goforth’s claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel based on counsel’s failure…