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Reed v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 27, 2008
989 So. 2d 721 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 4D08-1553.

August 27, 2008.

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. 02-803 CF10A.

George Reed, Carrabelle, pro se.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Prior report: 833 So.2d 387.


We affirm without discussion the trial court's summary denial of appellant's grounds one through three of his motion for post conviction relief, but reverse and remand the summary denial as to ground four. We direct the trial court on remand to allow appellant to file an amended motion on that ground only, if he can in good faith, including allegations as to the content of the testimony by the potential defense eyewitness Aviance Reed. See Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754 (Fla. 2007).

Affirmed in Part; Reversed and Remanded in Part.

SHAHOOD, C.J., WARNER and HAZOURI, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Reed v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 27, 2008
989 So. 2d 721 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Reed v. State

Case Details

Full title:George REED, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 27, 2008

Citations

989 So. 2d 721 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

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