Legal Opinion

Flint v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 11, 2012No. 2D11-1962PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LaROSE, Judge.

Alex Flint appeals an order summarily denying his motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Mr. Flint raised eight claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel and a cumulative error claim. We affirm without comment the summary denial of claims 1 through 4 and claim 8. We reverse the summary denial of claims 5, 6, 7, and 9 and remand for the postconviction court to either attach portions of the record conclusively refuting those claims or to hold an evidentiary hearing.

By way of background, we note that a jury convicted Mr. Flint…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009
  3. Britton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  4. Hempstead v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008
  5. Rodriguez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

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