Woodall v. State

Appellant, Robert Fred Woodall, III, timely appeals the order denying his 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. Woodall contends that the postconviction court erred in denying each of the eight claims raised in his 3.850 motion. Because we find merit to Woodall’s contentions as they relate to Claims I and II in Ground I of his 3.850 motion, we affirm in part and reverse in part.

In December 2004, Woodall and two of his friends assaulted Roberto Santoni, Karl Phillips, Sachin Jaitly, and Rohit Pal-ta in the parking lot of Jaitl/s apartment complex. During the assault, Woodall pistol whipped…