Legal Opinion

Huerta v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 4, 2017No. Case 2D16-3946PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SLEET, Judge.

•Abel Alonso Huerta appeals the summary denial of his timely amended Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief as facially insufficient. We reverse the postconviction court’s order and remand for consideration of the motion on its. merits because Huerta’s motion stated a facially sufficient claim for relief under Padilla v. Kentucky, 559 U.S. 356, 130 S.Ct. 1473, 176 L.Ed.2d 284 (2010).

To state a facially sufficient claim for postconviction relief, a movant must allege “that counsel’s performance was deficient [and] ... that the deficient…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Padilla v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. Hernandez v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2012
  5. Cano v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013

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3Cited by1 opinion

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