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Smith v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
May 27, 2016
192 So. 3d 651 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)

Opinion

No. 5D16–3.

05-27-2016

Lethena SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Lethena Smith, Quincy, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Lethena Smith, Quincy, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Lethena Smith appeals the final order entered by the trial court summarily denying her Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. The motion alleged ineffective assistance of trial counsel which resulted in Smith's convictions on second-degree murder and aggravated battery. We affirm as to the denial of Smith's first and fourth grounds for relief, but reverse as to the denial of her second ground for relief (failure to request DNA testing) and her third ground for relief (failure to introduce admissions of a witness) because the trial court failed to attach documents which conclusively refute those claims. Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to either attach documents sufficient to conclusively refute Smith's second and third grounds for relief or to hold an evidentiary hearing thereon.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.

SAWAYA, PALMER and TORPY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Smith v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
May 27, 2016
192 So. 3d 651 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)
Case details for

Smith v. State

Case Details

Full title:LETHENA SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

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

Date published: May 27, 2016

Citations

192 So. 3d 651 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016)