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Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 8, 1990
564 So. 2d 149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)

Opinion

No. 90-0750.

June 13, 1990. Rehearing Denied August 8, 1990.

Appeal of order denying rule 3.850 motion from the Circuit Court for Broward County; Robert B. Carney, Judge.

James Leon Johnson, Raiford, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Don M. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


This is an appeal from a trial court order which summarily denied the motion for post conviction relief filed by appellant, James Leon Johnson. Basically Johnson contends that he is entitled to relief because of ineffective assistance of counsel based on nine grounds as contained in his motion.

Based on an assessment of each of the grounds we are of the opinion that the trial court correctly denied relief as concerns grounds II, IV, VIII, and IX. However, we reverse the summary denial of grounds I, III, V, VI, and VII, and remand for an evidentiary hearing as to them, since the portions of the record do not support the summary denial.

In summary these grounds are:
I. Defense counsel was not properly prepared for trial.
III. Defense counsel failed to timely file a motion for severance of the several counts. V. and VI. Defense counsel failed to file a pretrial motion to suppress statements that he gave in violation of his rights under Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966) and defense counsel failed to object at trial to testimony as to these statements.
VII. Defense counsel failed to make an objection at trial to the trial court's failure to conduct an inquiry, pursuant to Richardson v. State, 246 So.2d 771 (Fla. 1971).

Affirmed in part; Reversed in part and Remanded.

WALDEN, STONE and GARRETT, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Johnson v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Aug 8, 1990
564 So. 2d 149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)
Case details for

Johnson v. State

Case Details

Full title:JAMES LEON JOHNSON, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Aug 8, 1990

Citations

564 So. 2d 149 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1990)