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Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
May 27, 1999
736 So. 2d 40 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

Opinion

No. 98-4838.

Opinion filed May 27, 1999.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County, L. Haldane Taylor, Judge.

Appellant pro se.

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


Appellant seeks review of an order denying his motion, filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, seeking postconviction relief on the ground that his trial counsel had been ineffective for failing to either object to or verify the prior record set out on the sentencing guidelines scoresheet. Because appellant failed to allege that his attorney either knew or should have known that the prior record was incorrect, appellant has failed to state a facially sufficient claim.See, e.g., Miller v. State, 725 So.2d 414 (Fla.2d DCA 1999); Brye v. State, 677 So.2d 1357 (Fla. 1st DCA 1996); Manuel v. State, 629 So.2d 1052 (Fla.2d DCA 1993); Lanier v. State, 478 So.2d 1184 (Fla.2d DCA 1985). Accordingly, we affirm. However, we do so without prejudice to appellant's right to file in the trial court a timely, legally sufficient, motion seeking relief.

AFFIRMED.

MINER, WEBSTER and LAWRENCE, JJ., CONCUR.


Summaries of

Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
May 27, 1999
736 So. 2d 40 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)
Case details for

Johnson v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: May 27, 1999

Citations

736 So. 2d 40 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1999)

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