DIANSKY ROUZARD, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Diansky Rouzard appeals the summary denial of his Rule 3.850 postconviction motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to move to suppress his taped statement based on deficient Miranda warnings. The court finds that Rouzard's claim that he was not informed of his right to counsel during police interrogation warrants further proceedings because a defendant cannot waive defenses of which he is uninformed.
The court reverses and remands for further proceedings on Rouzard's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Counsel may be ineffective for not moving to suppress a defendant's statement if the statement was involuntary or the defendant did not receive adequate Miranda warnings. A defendant cannot voluntarily waive defenses of which he is not informed, and Rouzard's amended motion was timely and not dependent on newly-discovered evidence.
[1] Ineffective assistance of counsel may be established by a failure to move to suppress a statement obtained in violation of Miranda warnings.
[2] A defendant cannot waive a defense of which they are not informed by counsel.
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Establishes the legal principle that Rouzard could not have validly waived his Miranda defense by entering a plea if he was unaware of the deficiency in the warnings
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On Motion for Rehearing
PER CURIAM.
We grant in part the State’s motion for rehearing, withdraw our previous opinion of February 21, 2007, and issue the following in its place.
Diansky Rouzard appeals the summary denial of his postconviction motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 and his timely-filed amended motion. We find that one claim warrants further proceedings.
In claim three of his amended motion, appellant alleged his trial attorney provided ineffective assistance in failing to move to suppress his taped statement on the ground that the Miranda warnings were deficient1 and in failing to advise him of the deficiency. Rouzard alleged that had he known about the deficiency in the Miranda warnings, he would not have en tered the plea, but, instead, would have elected to go to trial.
Counsel may be ineffective for not moving to suppress a defendant’s statement made during a police interrogation if the statement was involuntary or the defendant did not receive adequate Miranda warnings. See, e.g., Anthony v. State, 927 So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006); Stancle v. State, 917 So. 2d 911 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005); Fletcher v. State, 890 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004).
Here, the State argues appellant waived this issue when he entered the plea. However, a defendant cannot voluntarily waive defenses of which he is not informed. See Wilson v. State, 871 So. 2d 298 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004); Ethridge v. State, 766 So. 2d 413, 414 (Fla. 4th DCA 2000).
We also conclude that appellant’s amended motion was timely filed within two years of his conviction becoming final and that his claim is not based on newly-discovered evidence. See Small v. State, 941 So. 2d 555 (Fla. 1st DCA 2006). Contrary to the State’s argument, appellant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is not dependent upon our decision in Roberts v. State, 874 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), rev. denied sub nom. State v. West, 892 So. 2d 1014 (Fla.2005). Rather, his claim is based on Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966). Miranda was available when appellant entered his plea and defense counsel could have raised the same challenge to the Broward form as that raised by Roberts’ attorney. See Anthony v. State, 927
So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006). We are not deciding at this time whether counsel was deficient in failing to raise this issue. Whether counsel was deficient may depend on the circumstances in this case, including the content of appellant’s statement to police and the other evidence against him.
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for further proceedings on this claim. We note that the State did not address the merits of this claim below. There may be records showing that the warnings given here were different from those given in Roberts or that the warnings appellant received were otherwise sufficient. See Canete v. State, 921 So. 2d 687 (Fla. 4th DCA) (en banc), rev. denied, 944 So. 2d 986 (Fla.2006). If no records refute his allegation that the Miranda warnings were insufficient, the court must determine whether counsel was deficient in failing to raise this issue and whether appellant has shown there is a reasonable probability that, but for counsel’s failure to inform him of the deficiency in the warnings and failure to file a motion to suppress, he would not have entered the plea. See Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 59, 106 S.Ct. 366, 88 L.Ed.2d 203 (1985). The summary denial of the remaining claims is affirmed.
STEVENSON, C.J., FARMER and TAYLOR, JJ., concur. . In claim one of his original rule 3.850 motion, appellant indicated that the Miranda warnings he received had the same deficiency as the warnings given in Roberts v. State, 874 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004), rev. denied sub nom. State v. West, 892 So. 2d 1014 (Fla.2005); in other words, he was not told that he had the right to have an attorney present during questioning.
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- Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 (U.S. 1966)
- Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52 (U.S. 1985)
- Gorman Roberts, Jr. v. State, 874 So. 2d 1225 (Fla. 4th DCA 2004)
- State v. West, 892 So. 2d 1014 (Fla. 2005)
- Canete v. State, 921 So. 2d 687 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
- Stancle v. State, 917 So. 2d 911 (Fla. 4th DCA 2005)
- Wilson v. State, 871 So. 2d 298 (Fla. 1st DCA 2004)
- Anthony v. State, 927 So. 2d 1084 (Fla. 4th DCA 2006)
- Cauthan v. State, 944 So. 2d 986 (Fla. 2006)
- Fletcher v. State, 890 So. 2d 1167 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)