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Spence v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Aug 16, 2019
283 So. 3d 828 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)

Summary

affirming on tipsy coachman grounds

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Opinion

Case No. 5D18-2084

08-16-2019

Christopher SPENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Christopher Spence, Miami, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


Christopher Spence, Miami, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm the final order denying Christopher Spence's postconviction motion filed pursuant to rule 3.850 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. We note that, although the postconviction court erred in relying on trial strategy to summarily deny grounds four and six, we find that the record conclusively refutes those grounds. See Foss v. State, 24 So. 3d 1275, 1276 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009) (applying the tipsy coachman doctrine to affirm the summary denial of postconviction claims where the record supported affirmance).

AFFIRMED.

ORFINGER, COHEN, and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Spence v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Aug 16, 2019
283 So. 3d 828 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)

affirming on tipsy coachman grounds

Summary of this case from State v. Rosario
Case details for

Spence v. State

Case Details

Full title:CHRISTOPHER SPENCE, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

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

Date published: Aug 16, 2019

Citations

283 So. 3d 828 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2019)

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