Legal Opinion

Farmer v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 2, 1998No. 97-1736PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McDonald, PARKER LEE, Senior Judge.

The appellant challenges the denial of his postconviction motion, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm in part, and reverse in part.

Because there is competent and substantial evidence to support the trial court’s denial of claims 1 and 2 following an evidentiary hearing, we affirm the denial of those claims without comment. We also affirm the trial court’s denial of appellant’s request for appointment of postconviction counsel as no abuse of discretion has been shown. However, the trial court summarily denied claim 3 and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. L'HOMME v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1988
  2. Garcia v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1992
  3. Brye v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
  4. Hamilton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1995

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Walker v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1999

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