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Dennis Sochor v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided March 1, 2018No. SC17-929PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

We hereby affirm the denial of Appellant's third successive motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.851. Because the motion was legally insufficient on its face and refuted by the record, we find that the trial court's failure to hold a case status conference was harmless error, and that no evidentiary hearing was required. See Marek v. State , 14 So.3d 985 , 999 (Fla. 2009) ; Rutherford v. State , 926 So.2d 1100 , 1108 (Fla. 2006).

Additionally, the trial court did not err by summarily denying his claim based on newly discovered evidence and…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Strickler v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  4. Robinson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  5. Marek v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2009

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