Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 26, 2002No. 1D01-3302Published

1Per curiam

Marcus Williams appeals the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, wherein he raised five issues. After considering the state’s response to our order to show cause, we affirm the denial of *735grounds two through five without comment, but reverse and remand the denial of ground one, because the materials the trial court attached to the final order do not refute Williams’s prima facie claim that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a demand for speedy trial upon Wilhams’s request.

Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 8.191(b) provides…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. State Ex Rel. Gibson v. OlliffDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  3. Hankins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  4. Waldburg v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994

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