Cox v. State

The appellant challenges the order by which the trial court denied each of the claims raised in the appellant’s Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. Although most of the claims were properly denied, the trial court erred in summarily denying one of the claims.

After the appellant entered negotiated pleas of nolo contendere to seven offenses, including three counts of the second degree felony offense proscribed by section 790.19, Florida Statutes, the trial court adjudged the appellant guilty of the seven offenses and imposed prison sentences for each. The…