Legal Opinion

Watts v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided March 23, 2012No. 2D11-2202PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORRIS, Judge.

Stacy Lee Watts appeals the order summarily denying his motion for postcon-viction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm without comment the denial of Watts’s original 3.850 motion. We also affirm the denial of claims one and three of Watts’s amended 3.850 motion. 1 However, we reverse and remand on claim two of Watts’s amended 3.850 motion because the post-conviction court failed to address it.

Watts was originally convicted of carjacking, aggravated fleeing to elude, driving with a suspended license, and possession of paraphernalia. He was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ake v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Whitfield v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2005
  3. Coley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011
  4. DEMARCO v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  5. Houle v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

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3Cited by3 opinions

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