Legal Opinion

Reid v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 23, 1996No. 96-2712PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

682 So.2d 194 (1996)

Robert REID, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 96-2712.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 23, 1996.

Robert Reid, Immokalee, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and William A. Spillias, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

STEVENSON, Judge.

We find that the trial court erred in denying appellant's rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. Appellant's motion alleging that his counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and present his alibi defense stated a legally sufficient basis for…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Lopez v. LopezDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Stringer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  2. Harris v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. Powell v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  4. Zonecol v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999
  5. Hudson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2007

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