Legal Opinion

McLevy v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 14, 2003No. 1D02-3409PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtBarfield, J.

Appellant, who was convicted of sexual battery of his very young granddaughter, challenges the summary denial of his pro se motion for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We find that only one of his arguments has merit.

Appellant asserted that he was deprived of effective assistance of counsel at trial because defense counsel failed to object to the trial court’s allowing into the jury room during deliberations two videotapes which had been admitted into evidence. One videotape was of the child victim’s *432interview with a Child Protection Team…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Young v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1994
  2. Knight v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1998

3Cited by1 opinion

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