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Goodwin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Sep 27, 2002
826 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)

Opinion

Case No. 1D02-1361

Opinion filed September 27, 2002.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Escambia County. John P. Kuder, Judge.

Appellant, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant challenges the trial court's summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, in which he claims to have suffered ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel failed to object to or otherwise preserve for review the imposition of an "interrupted" sentence.

This court previously found Appellant's trial counsel failed to preserve the issue of the imposition of an interrupted sentence. Goodwin v. State, 752 So.2d 689 (Fla. 1st DCA 2000). Because Appellant's sentence is erroneous, his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is facially sufficient. See O'Connell v. State, 733 So.2d 556, 557 (Fla. 5th DCA 1999) ("the failure to preserve sentencing errors should be allowed to establish a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel");Francisco-Augustin v. State, 695 So.2d 1299 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

Accordingly, we reverse the summary denial of Appellant's claim and remand to the trial court to enter an order attaching portions of the record demonstrating conclusively that Appellant is not entitled to relief, or to conduct an evidentiary hearing.

REVERSED and REMANDED.

DAVIS, BENTON and POLSTON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Goodwin v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Sep 27, 2002
826 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)
Case details for

Goodwin v. State

Case Details

Full title:TONY D. GOODWIN, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Sep 27, 2002

Citations

826 So. 2d 1058 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2002)