Houle v. State

The appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm the summary denial of all but one of the appellant’s claims. We reverse and remand the denial of the appellant’s claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to move for a competency evaluation.

In ground one, the appellant asserts that counsel was ineffective for failing to move to have his competency evaluated. He alleges that counsel was aware of the appellant’s long history of mental illness, including the fact that he had been…