HAROLD SWIFT
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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When a postconviction ineffective assistance of counsel claim is facially sufficient and not conclusively refuted by attached records, the trial court must hold an evidentiary hearing rather than summarily deny the motion.
[1] When a postconviction ineffective assistance of counsel claim is facially sufficient and not conclusively refuted by records attached to the trial court's order, the tria…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“If the movant's claims are facially sufficient and not conclusively refuted by the record, the cause must be remanded for the trial court to either hold an evidentiary hearing or to attach record portions conclusively refuting the appellant's allegations.”
Court citing Curran v. State regarding the proper procedure for handling postconviction motions.
Harold Swift appealed the summary denial of his Rule 3.850 postconviction motion raising nine grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. On appeal,…
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FIFTH DISTRICT
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
HAROLD SWIFT,
Appellant,
v. Case No. 5D21-1008 LT Case No. 2016-00010-CF
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed March 11, 2022
3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Putnam County, Howard O. McGillin, Jr., Judge.
O.H. Eaton, Assistant Regional Counsel, of Office of Criminal Conflict & Civil Regional Counsel, Casselberry, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nora Hutchinson Hall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.
WALLIS, J.,
AFFIRMED in Part, REVERSED in Part, and REMANDED with Instructions.
EISNAUGLE and HARRIS, JJ., concur.
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- Morrison v. State, 860 So. 2d 458 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003)
- Smallwood v. State, 809 So. 2d 56 (Fla. 5th DCA 2002)
- Curran v. State, 229 So. 3d 1266 (Fla. 1st DCA 2017)