HUDSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 2d DCA | 2026-04-22
No. 2025-1146
Riba, J., Kelly, J., Rothstein-Youakim, J., LaBrit, J.
2026 FL 4587 Florida District Court of Appeal, Second District (2026)

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Holding

The trial court's judgment is affirmed, with the appellate court declining to address the merits but preserving Hudson's right to pursue an ineffective assistance of counsel claim.


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Facts & Procedural History

James L. Hudson appealed a judgment from the Circuit Court for Pasco County. The specific underlying facts are not detailed in this opinion.…

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Opinion of the Court

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA

SECOND DISTRICT

JAMES L. HUDSON, Appellant,

V.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

No. 2D2025-1146

April 22, 2026

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Pasco County; Joshua Riba, Judge.

Blair Allen, Public Defender, and Kimberly Nolen Hopkins, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marena S. Ramirez, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm without comment but also without prejudice to any right that James L. Hudson may have to raise his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

KELLY, ROTHSTEIN-YOUAKIM, and LABRIT, JJ., Concur.

Opinion subject to revision prior to official publication.


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