Shields v. State

Timothy Shields appeals a St. Lucie Circuit Court order denying some of the claims he raised in his motion for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing, and an earlier order summarily denying his remaining claims.

Shields was convicted, in separate trials, of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in the other. He appealed his conviction and sentence in the possession case only, and this Court affirmed without opinion in Shields v. State, 869 So.2d 567 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004). He then timely filed a motion for post-conviction…