Legal Opinion
Knight v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided April 15, 1998No. 97-02923PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
710 So.2d 648 (1998)
John KNIGHT, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 97-02923.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
April 15, 1998.
2Per curiam
John Knight appeals the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm without comment the denial of eleven of his assertions. We also affirm the denial of his twelfth assertion, but write to explain that in reaching the correct result, the trial court misapplied an elemental principle of postconviction law.
In his sworn motion, Knight assailed trial counsel for failing to object to comments…
3Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Blanco v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
- Cherry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
- Medina v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1990
- Hildwin v. DuggerSupreme Court of Florida · 1995
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4Cited by5 opinions
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- McLevy v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2003