LARRY C. GOODMAN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 1st DCA | 2018-05-25
No. 16-5249
243 So. 3d 530 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2018)

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Holding

A trial court may strike a pro se Rule 3.170(l) motion as a nullity when the defendant makes only broad, general allegations of ineffective counsel without specific allegations of misadvice, affirmative misrepresentations, or coercion.


Headnotes

[1] A trial court may strike a pro se Rule 3.170(l) motion without a hearing when the defendant asserts only broad, general allegations of ineffective counsel without specifi…

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Key Quotes

“a defendant's 'broad, general allegations of ineffectiveness of his counsel do not indicate misadvice, coercion, or misrepresentation that would require a hearing under Sheppard.'”

Echeverria v. State, 33 So. 3d 802, 804 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010)

Facts & Procedural History

Goodman, an appellant pro se, filed a Rule 3.170(l) motion challenging his plea conviction in Duval County circuit court. The trial court struck the m…

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

AFFIRMED. See Sheppard v. State, 17 So. 3d 275, 286-87 (Fla. 2009) (agreeing that a trial court may strike pro se rule 3.170(l) motion as a nullity unless the motion “contains specific allegations that give rise to an adversarial relationship, such as misadvice, affirmative misrepresentations, or coercion that led to the entry of the plea”); Echeverria v. State, 33 So. 3d 802, 804 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010) (holding that a defendant’s “broad, general allegations of ineffectiveness of his counsel do not indicate misadvice, coercion, or misrepresentation that would require a hearing under Sheppard.”). WOLF, WINOKUR, and JAY, JJ., concur.

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