Legal Opinion

Gore v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 1, 2011No. 2D10-4001PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

ALTENBERND, Judge.

Gene Lenox Gore appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief that was filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. The trial court dismissed this motion as successive. We reverse because the motion contains new and different grounds and addresses the performance of Mr. Gore’s attorney at a 2006 hearing on a violation of probation, whereas the first motion addressed the performance of a different attorney at Mr. Gore’s 2005 plea hearing. Nothing suggests that this second motion is an abuse of the procedure governing this rule. See Fla. R. Crim.…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Daniels v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1998
  2. Bunkley v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2001
  3. Clemons v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2009
  4. Ortiz v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2000
  5. Gore v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2008

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dixon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

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