Johnson v. State

Sylvester Johnson challenges the trial court’s summary denial of his postconviction motion. Johnson’s motion included claims filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 that his trial counsel was ineffective and also included claims filed under rule 3.800(a) that his sentence was illegal. The trial court denied Johnson’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel on the ground that they were successive. We affirm the denial of all but one of Johnson’s claims.

Among his ineffective assistance of counsel claims, Johnson included a claim that the written sentence did not conform to the…