Goodman v. State

Appellant, Brenda Goodman, appeals the trial court’s denial of the 3.850 motion to vacate her judgment and sentence. Appellant’s motion to vacate alleged that she did not understand the consequences of her guilty plea because she had not been properly medicated when she entered the plea. The trial court, without an evidentiary hearing, denied the appellant’s motion to vacate as legally insufficient.

The resolution of motions presented to trial courts under rule 3.850 falls into three categories,(1) the allegations in the motion are insufficient as a matter of law to support the relief prayed…