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Winston v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Apr 20, 2001
783 So. 2d 274 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)

Opinion

No. 5D00-1967.

Opinion filed April 20, 2001.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Charles M. Holcomb and John Dean Moxley, Jr., Judge.

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Barbara C. Davis, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Carmen F. Corrente, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Appellant filed a motion for post-judgment relief claiming that several errors were committed by trial counsel. Later, appellant filed an additional reason for relief which was subsequently heard and denied by another judge and which has not been appealed. Appellant contends that the first judge, although he started an evidentiary hearing on his motion, terminated the hearing because of a lack of time thus preventing appellant from putting on necessary witnesses. Although the judge indicated a subsequent hearing on the motion would be required, he denied all grounds for relief except the one being referred to the new judge. The new judge refused to reconsider the grounds previously denied by the first judge. We thus have an incomplete evidentiary hearing as to the original reasons urged for relief. Because of this, we have an insufficient record to determine if the court's denial of appellant's motion is supported by the testimony. Further, we have no attachments to the court's order denying relief to see if the record clearly disputes appellant's position which might justify a summary denial.

REVERSED and REMANDED so that the interrupted hearing may be completed in order for appellant to be given the opportunity to present such witnesses as may be relevant to the grounds raised.

COBB and PALMER, JJ., Concur.


Summaries of

Winston v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District
Apr 20, 2001
783 So. 2d 274 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)
Case details for

Winston v. State

Case Details

Full title:PAUL KURT WINSTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District

Date published: Apr 20, 2001

Citations

783 So. 2d 274 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2001)