Legal Opinion

Lopez v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 20, 2012No. 4D10-4086Published

1Per curiam

Defendant timely appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Defendant’s motion contained three claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm claims two and three without discussion and write only to address the allegations in claim one.

In claim one, Defendant argued that counsel failed to advise him of a plea offer for ten years’ imprisonment, and that he would face- a mandatory minimum of twenty years if convicted at trial. As to the second portion of this claim, we affirm the lower court’s ruling after…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Cottle v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  2. Dieudonne v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

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