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Ferguson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 23, 2007
956 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 4D05-3749.

May 23, 2007.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County; Ana I. Gardiner, Judge; L.T. Case No. 01-3886 CF10A.

Richard L. Rosenbaum of the Law Offices of Richard L. Rosenbaum, Fort Lauderdale, for appellant.

No appearance required for appellee.


We affirm the trial court's summary denial of Ferguson's claims for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, except that affirmance is without prejudice to appellant's right to file an amended motion in the trial court within thirty days of the issuance of this opinion, limited to grounds two and three (labeled four by Ferguson), addressing the requirement of availability of the witnesses, pursuant to Nelson v. State, 875 So.2d 579, 583-584 (Fla. 2004)("when a defendant fails to allege that a witness would have been available, the defendant should be granted leave to amend the motion within a specified time period").

Affirmed.

GUNTHER, FARMER and MAY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ferguson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
May 23, 2007
956 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Case details for

Ferguson v. State

Case Details

Full title:Jevon FERGUSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: May 23, 2007

Citations

956 So. 2d 1242 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)