Legal Opinion
Clayton v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided June 26, 2009No. 2D08-2020Published
1Opinion of the Court
12 So.3d 1259 (2009)
Yancy B. CLAYTON, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D08-2020.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
June 26, 2009.
KHOUZAM, Judge.
Yancy B. Clayton appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, in which he raised two grounds for relief. We reverse.
In ground one of his motion, Clayton alleged that his counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to disqualify the judge who presided over his cases. Clayton alleged that the judge was a former assistant state attorney…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Livingston v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
- Hunter v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2002
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
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