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Spurgeon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 20, 2008
988 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)

Opinion

No. 1D07-4685.

August 20, 2008.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Washington County. Allen L. Register, Judge.

Otis Spurgeon, pro se, Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Thomas D. Winokur, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant seeks review of the trial court's summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Appellant claims that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move to suppress the appellant's statements to a police officer given without Miranda warnings, misadvising the appellant that he should not testify because if he chose to testify he would lose the right to the final closing argument at trial, and in conceding the appellant's guilt in closing arguments. We affirm as to the denial of appellant's third claim without further discussion. However, because his first two claims are facially sufficient and not conclusively refuted by record attachments, we reverse for further proceedings. See Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850(d).

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966).

Accordingly, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

BARFIELD, ALLEN, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Spurgeon v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Aug 20, 2008
988 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)
Case details for

Spurgeon v. State

Case Details

Full title:Otis SPURGEON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Aug 20, 2008

Citations

988 So. 2d 1224 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2008)