Legal Opinion
Swain v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided February 11, 1987No. BM-6PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
502 So.2d 494 (1987)
Billy E. SWAIN, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. BM-6.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
February 11, 1987.
Billy E. Swain, pro se.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Raymond L. Markey and John M. Koenig, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.
2Per curiam
Appellant's rule 3.850 motion for post-trial relief based on allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel is facially insufficient and was therefore properly denied by the lower court. Although complaining that appellant's trial counsel "failed to bring forth witnesses for the defense whose testimony would…
3Cases cited6 opinions
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- David Dene Martin v. Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and William J. Guste, Jr., Attorney General of the State of LouisianaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Johnson v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Joe Cisneros Gomez v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Vincent Garza v. Warden Charles L. Wolff, Nebraska State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
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4Cited by11 opinions
- Highsmith v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1993
- Sorgman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
- Beard v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1989
- Wilkins v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1996
- Wilbon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1994
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