Webster v. State

In this appeal, Joseph A. Webster once again asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion for postconviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, because his *1035trial counsel erroneously advised him that his consumption of alcohol alone was sufficient to convict him of manslaughter. As this court indicated when it reversed and remanded the first trial court order denying this claim, “if counsel indeed informed him that consumption of alcohol in and of itself was sufficient to support a manslaughter conviction, such advice was erroneous.” Webster v.…