Pedroso v. State

This appeal is from the summary denial of a motion seeking postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Appellant’s singular point in his motion alleges that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. He asserts that trial counsel failed to object to the court’s retention of jurisdiction over one-third of appellant’s sentence without stating with particularity the reasons for doing so. If this allegation is true, appellant might be entitled to postconviction relief. The trial court, however, failed to conduct an eviden-tiary hearing or attach portions of the…