Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 7, 1986No. BJ-132PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

492 So.2d 394 (1986)

Melvin WRIGHT, Sr., Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. BJ-132.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

May 29, 1986.

On Motion for Rehearing August 7, 1986.

Melvin Wright, Sr., pro se.

No appearance for appellee.

JOANOS, Judge.

Melvin Wright, Sr. appeals from the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief. Wright, who was sentenced on June 4, 1984, among other things, alleges his counsel failed to advise him that he was entitled to elect guideline sentencing. We have determined that this constitutes a facially sufficient allegation of ineffective…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In re Rules of Criminal ProcedureSupreme Court of Florida · 1983
  2. Price v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  3. Knight v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984
  4. Adams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  5. Query v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1984

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Hyer v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  2. McLeod v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  3. Reynolds v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1986
  4. Havis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987
  5. Rudolph v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

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