Legal Opinion

Sinclair v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 12, 2007No. 1D06-3450PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Per curiam

The appellant challenges an order by which the trial court denied his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The appellant raised three claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in his motion. One claim was summarily denied as conclusively refuted by the record and the other two were denied after an evidentiary hearing. Although we affirm the denial of the two claims addressed at the evidentiary hearing, we reverse the summary denial of the other claim because the trial court failed to attach the portions of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Nelson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  2. Gaskin v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1999
  3. Ramirez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003
  4. Macon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Nathaniel Carter, Jr. v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  2. Johnson v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013

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