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Paulk v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 8, 1999
723 So. 2d 909 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-1494

Opinion filed January 8, 1999.

An appeal from Circuit Court for Duval County. Henry E. Davis, Judge.

Kevin Paulk, Pro Se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


The appellant challenges an order by which the trial court summarily denied his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief. The appellant's motion included claims that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to advise him of the defense of voluntary intoxication and for failing to investigate and present witnesses who would have supported such a defense. These claims were facially sufficient and were not refuted by the attachments to the order.See Hester v. State, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D1567 (Fla. 1st DCA June 22, 1998). We accordingly reverse that portion of the order by which these claims were denied. The order is otherwise affirmed, and the case is remanded.

ERVIN, ALLEN and BROWNING, JJ., CONCUR.


Summaries of

Paulk v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 8, 1999
723 So. 2d 909 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)
Case details for

Paulk v. State

Case Details

Full title:KEVIN PAULK, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jan 8, 1999

Citations

723 So. 2d 909 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

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