Legal Opinion

Heath v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 24, 2007No. 2D07-828PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

968 So.2d 625 (2007)

Ben R. HEATH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D07-828.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 24, 2007.

SILBERMAN, Judge.

Ben Heath challenges the order of the trial court summarily denying his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Heath's motion contains two interrelated claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied the claims, correctly finding that the motion was facially insufficient because Heath failed to allege that, but for trial counsel's deficient performance, he would not have…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Grosvenor v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  2. Borders v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
  3. Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Sweet v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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