Legal Opinion

Martinez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 14, 1981No. 80-2002Published

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Judge.

The trial judge denied the defendant’s Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850 motion without an evi-dentiary hearing. The record before us does not conclusively refute the motion’s sworn 1 allegations (a) that he was given erroneous advice by appointed counsel concerning the non-existence, under the law, of his alleged defense of self-defense to the charges against him, see State v. Lyles, 316 So.2d 277 (Fla.1975); Giles v. State, 363 So.2d 164 (Fla. 3d DCA 1978); and (b) that, in pleading guilty, he was not informed and did not understand that he was waiving his right to trial by jury. Boykin…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. State v. WeeksSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
  3. State v. LylesSupreme Court of Florida · 1975
  4. Clark v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1972
  5. Sharp v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1974

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