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Washer v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Sep 7, 2018
252 So. 3d 858 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

Opinion

Case No. 5D18-1088

09-07-2018

Wayne Charles WASHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Wayne Charles Washer, Cross City, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Wayne Charles Washer, Cross City, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Wayne Charles Washer appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm as to Grounds Three and Four. However, because the record does not conclusively refute Washer's claims that counsel was ineffective for failing to request a jury instruction on self-defense and failing to secure and introduce exculpatory evidence, namely a GPS device, we reverse the summary denial of Grounds One and Two and remand for attachment of portions of the record conclusively refuting those claims or for an evidentiary hearing. See Freeman v. State, 761 So.2d 1055, 1061 (Fla. 2000) ("[A] defendant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a postconviction relief motion unless (1) the motion, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to no relief, or (2) the motion or a particular claim is legally insufficient." (citing Maharaj v. State, 684 So.2d 726 (Fla. 1996) )).

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.

COHEN, C.J., TORPY and BERGER, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Washer v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Sep 7, 2018
252 So. 3d 858 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)
Case details for

Washer v. State

Case Details

Full title:WAYNE CHARLES WASHER, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court:DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

Date published: Sep 7, 2018

Citations

252 So. 3d 858 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

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