Roberts v. State

The appellant challenges the trial court’s order summarily denying his rule 3.850 motion. The appellant brings two claims: (1) his sentence as a habitual violent felony offender is improper because the trial court failed to impose the minimum mandatory sentence, and (2) his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate, raise, and support a voluntary intoxication defense where counsel failed to call witnesses who would testify as to the extent of his intoxication, such that the defense could have been presented to the jury. We affirm the summary denial of the appellant’s challenge…