Phillip Washington v. State of Florida

Appellant, Phillip Washington, challenges the trial court’s summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse the denial of Ground 2(D) and part of Ground 2(E) for the reasons that follow, but otherwise affirm the denial of the motion without further discussion.

In Ground 2(D) of his postconviction motion, Appellant argued that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to make an adequate motion for judgment of acquittal and in not arguing that the State failed to prove Counts 1 and 3, which charged him…