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Espino v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Jul 2, 2020
312 So. 3d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

Case No. 5D19-3361

07-02-2020

Jimmy ESPINO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Jimmy Espino, Miami, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marjorie Vincent-Tripp, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Jimmy Espino, Miami, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marjorie Vincent-Tripp, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM. Jimmy Espino appeals the postconviction court's denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. The court summarily denied grounds one, two, four, and six of Espino's motion and denied grounds three and five, as well as Espino's cumulative error claim raised in ground seven, following an evidentiary hearing.

We affirm, without further discussion, the court's denial of Espino's motion, except as to ground four. We accept the State's concession that the court erred in not providing Espino with an opportunity to amend this ground to assert that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to suppress certain evidence. Accordingly, we reverse on ground four. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(f)(3) ; Spera v. State , 971 So. 2d 754, 762 (Fla. 2007). Espino shall have sixty days following the issuance of our mandate to amend this claim, if he can do so in good faith. The postconviction court shall treat the amended motion as having been timely filed under rule 3.850(b)(2).

We note that the State also suggested in its brief that remand was appropriate on grounds one and six. We disagree, and thus do not accept the State's concessions.
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AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; and REMANDED with directions.

LAMBERT, EDWARDS, and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Espino v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Jul 2, 2020
312 So. 3d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)
Case details for

Espino v. State

Case Details

Full title:JIMMY ESPINO, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

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

Date published: Jul 2, 2020

Citations

312 So. 3d 513 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)