Legal Opinion

Ward v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 28, 2019No. Case No. 5D18-3679Published

1Per curiam

Appellant appeals the trial court's summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure Rule 3.850. We affirm the trial court's summary denial of grounds two and three without further discussion. In ground one, Appellant alleges that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to object to the jurors seeing him in handcuffs during the trial. We find that this first ground was facially sufficient. See Jones v. State, 998 So. 2d 573, 588 (Fla. 2008) (stating postconviction claim alleging trial counsel was ineffective for…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008
  2. Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  3. Torres v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  4. Jensen v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007
  5. Way v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010

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