Lavelle Antonio Copeland v. State of Florida

Appellant challenges the summary denial of his postconviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

We find claims 2,. 4, 7, and 8 were facially- insufficient because where a defendant such as appellant entered a guilty plea, “in order to satisfy the ‘prejudice’ requirement [of Strickland], the defendant must show that there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s errors, he would not have pleaded guilty and would have insisted on going to trial.” State v. Dickey, 928 So.2d 1193, 1197 (Fla. 2006). Ground 2 was also facially insufficient because it…