Legal Opinion

Matthews v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 18, 1993No. 92-1189PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WOLF, Judge.

Matthews appeals from an order summarily denying his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to rule 3.850, Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. Appellant alleged in his motion that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in that his plea was coerced as a result of misinformation provided by his attorney concerning *26the length of time he would spend in prison. There was no specific allegation that had counsel given him the correct information, he would not have entered the plea. Without this allegation, the petition was deficient. Thompson v. State, 599 So.2d 244…

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thompson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  2. Marsh v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Days v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
  2. Demesmin v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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