Legal Opinion

Caballero v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided February 12, 2014No. 4D13-335PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

Armando Caballero (Defendant) appeals an order summarily denying his Rule 3.850 motion and the order denying his motion for rehearing. Defendant chai-*370lenged the summary denial of his motion on several grounds, but we reverse based only on Grounds Four and Seven: that trial counsel was ineffective in failing to call a witness at trial to testify regarding the victim’s statements and in failing to investigate and present mitigating evidence at Defendant’s sentencing. We affirm as to the other grounds raised by Defendant without further discussion.

Defendant was charged with four counts of sexual…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Spera v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2007
  2. Nelson v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2004
  3. Hildwin v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
  4. Lightbourne v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
  5. Morton v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2008

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. ARMANDO CABALLERO v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2020
  2. Darnell M. Tillman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  3. Marquis Xavier Goodwin v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2025

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