TERRELL RIVERS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2019-06-21
No. 18-3743
Munyon, J., Orfinger, J., Berger, J., Eisnaugle, J.
274 So. 3d 537 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2019) Positive Treatment
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Holding

A trial court's summary denial of a Rule 3.850 motion must be reversed and remanded for an evidentiary hearing or production of record portions when the appellate record does not conclusively refute an ineffective assistance claim.


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Opinion of the Court
Eisnaugle

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO

FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND

DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

TERRELL RIVERS,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D18-3743

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed June 21, 2019

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Lisa T. Munyon, Judge.

Terrell Rivers, Lake City, pro se.

No Appearance for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant, Terrell Rivers, appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion. We affirm in all respects except as to Appellant’s claim that his counsel was ineffective for failing to object to the admission of dispatch logs.

The record before us does not include the portion of the transcript relevant to the admission of the dispatch logs at trial or otherwise definitively reflect the basis for their admission. Therefore, given Appellant’s allegations, the attached record does not conclusively refute Appellant’s claim. As such, we reverse and remand for the trial court

2 to either hold an evidentiary hearing or to attach those portions of the record that conclusively refute the claim. We otherwise affirm. AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.

ORFINGER, BERGER and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.


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