WINSTON MONROE PITTS, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 1st DCA | 2003-09-26
No. 1D03-2321
BARFIELD, WEBSTER and BROWNING, JJ. Concur.
855 So. 2d 681 Florida District Court of Appeal, First District (2003) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

The appellant challenges the summary denial of his amended rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief asserting six grounds for relief. We affirm the trial court’s summary denial of relief on four of those grounds without discussion. However, we reverse with respect to the appellant’s third and fourth stated claims that counsel rendered ineffective assistance in failing to inform him of the elements of the charged crimes and remand with directions for the trial court to either hold an evidentiary hearing or to attach portions of the record conclusively refuting the appellant’s entitlement to relief. See Webster v. State, 744 So. 2d 1033 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999); Marshall v. State, 540 So. 2d 921, 922 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989).

We certify conflict with Taylor v. State, 818 So. 2d 544 (Fla. 2d DCA 2002) as to Appellant’s constitutional challenge that Chap. 99-188, Laws of Florida violates the constitutional single subject rule.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART; REMANDED.

BARFIELD, WEBSTER and BROWNING, JJ. Concur.


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