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Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 24, 2007
947 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

Opinion

No. 1D06-4354.

January 24, 2007.

An appeal from the Circuit Court for Columbia County. E. Vernon Douglas, Judge.

Carrie Williams, pro se, Appellant.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Philip W. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Appellant, Carrie Williams, challenges the trial court's summary denial of her six claims of ineffective assistance of counsel brought pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We find no error with the trial court's summary denial of claims three and six. However, the record does not conclusively refute claims one, two, four, and five, a fact which the State conceded in its response to this Court's order to show cause why relief should not be granted. Accordingly, we reverse the trial court's summary denial of these facially sufficient claims and remand with instructions to either attach portions of the record that conclusively refute the claims or conduct an evidentiary hearing. See Peede v. State, 748 So.2d 253, 257 (Fla. 1999) (explaining that a summary denial of a rule 3.850 claim may be upheld only if a claim is facially invalid or conclusively refuted by the record).

REVERSED and REMANDED for further proceedings.

BROWNING, C.J., DAVIS, and LEWIS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
Jan 24, 2007
947 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:Carrie WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District

Date published: Jan 24, 2007

Citations

947 So. 2d 1191 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2007)

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