Paul v. State

Appellant, Rollie Paul, appeals the summary denial of his motion for post conviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We reverse as to Ground One, in which appellant asserted that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and call defense witnesses.

Appellant was convicted of burglary of a convenience store. At trial, the state presented evidence that he had been found inside the locked fence behind the store after neighbors had alerted police that a man was attempting to break into the store by beating on a window that was boarded up as a result of…