Legal Opinion

Sawyers v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 19, 1990No. 90-02363PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

566 So.2d 942 (1990)

Tommy Dean SAWYERS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 90-02363.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

September 19, 1990.

2Per curiam

Tommy Dean Sawyers appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

Of the two allegations for relief in his motion, only the first is facially sufficient. Sawyers alleged that his counsel was ineffective, and that his guilty plea was therefore involuntary, as a result of counsel's failure to object when the trial court sentenced him to a consecutive term…

3Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Costello v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1972
  2. Ray v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  3. Lonergan v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986

4Cited by5 opinions

  1. Anfield v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  2. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  3. Carter v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  4. Salemi v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1991
  5. McCormick v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009

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