Legal Opinion
Munroe v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 3, 2010No. 2D09-4222PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MORRIS, Judge.
Christopher W. Munroe appeals the summary denial of his motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, which raised one claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. We reverse and remand for an evi-dentiary hearing to determine whether Munroe’s counsel failed to advise him of a viable defense and, if so, whether Munroe would have gone to trial if he had been informed of the defense.
On August 28, 2008, Munroe pleaded no contest to failure to register as a sexual offender in the Sixth Judicial Circuit, Pas-co County. See § 943.0435(9),…
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- State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
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