Legal Opinion

Straitwell v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided January 15, 2003No. 2D02-3097PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

834 So.2d 918 (2003)

James STRAITWELL, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D02-3097.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

January 15, 2003.

SILBERMAN, Judge.

James Straitwell appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We reverse and remand for further proceedings regarding his claim that counsel was ineffective for not pursuing a voluntary intoxication defense. We affirm without comment the denial of Straitwell's second claim concerning the evidentiary basis for one of his convictions.

In trial court case number 99-3088F, Straitwell entered a no contest…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Linehan v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  2. Flores v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995
  3. Bland v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1990
  4. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1982
  5. Killian v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Whitfield v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  2. Reese v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2004
  3. McCann v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  4. Locklear v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  5. Scott v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

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