Legal Opinion

Butler v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 30, 2012No. 5D10-1207PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtLawson, J.

Cameron Butler appeals from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.850. The State concedes that the motion should have been granted with respect to Butler’s claim that his trial counsel1 was ineffective for failing to file a motion for discharge under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.191. We agree.

Butler was initially arrested on November 7, 2005, in Broward County, Florida, on an arrest warrant issued in Volusia County upon a finding that there was probable cause to conclude that Butler had committed the offenses of…

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Occhicone v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2000
  2. Jimmy Lee Horton v. Walter Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  3. Hardwick v. CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  4. State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Florida · 2001
  5. Bulgin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Luis Born-Suniaga v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2018
  2. Amaro v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  3. State v. WilliamsDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  4. Amaro v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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