Legal Opinion

Espinosa v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 3, 2000No. 2D00-835PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

PARKER, Acting Chief Judge.

Miguel Espinosa seeks review of the trial court order summarily denying his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Because we find that two of Espi-nosa’s claims are facially sufficient, we reverse and remand this case for further consideration by the trial court.

Although Espinosa raises four issues on appeal, we find that only two issues alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel merit discussion. First, Espino-sa claims that trial counsel incorrectly advised him that voluntary intoxication was not a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sampson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998
  2. Beier v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Phillips v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001

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