TODD ERIC DUGAN
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Todd Eric Dugan appealed the summary denial of his postconviction motion claiming ineffective assistance of counsel. The Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal affirmed the denial of two claims but reversed and remanded for the postconviction court to address two additional claims that were not analyzed below.
The court affirmed the denial of claims 2 and 3 on the merits, but reversed and remanded because the postconviction court failed to address the allegations in claims 1 and 4, requiring reconsideration of those claims.
[1] A postconviction court must address all substantive claims raised in a Rule 3.850 ineffective assistance of counsel motion, and failure to do so requires remand for the t…
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December 20, 2024 PER CURIAM. Appellant, Todd Eric Dugan, appeals the summary denial of his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 postconviction motion. In Ground One, Appellant included four separate claims of ineffective assistance of counsel which allegedly prejudiced him, as his probation was revoked and he was sentenced to fifteen years
in prison.1 We acknowledge that Appellant’s motion was hardly the model of clarity or organization. We affirm as to the denial of the substance of claims 2 and 3 without further discussion. However, because the postconviction court failed to address the allegations set forth in claims 1 and 4, we reverse and remand for the postconviction court to consider those two claims and to issue an appropriate order. See Padro-Guerrero v. State, 123 So. 3d 670, 671 (Fla. 5th DCA 2013). On remand, the postconviction court must either conduct an evidentiary hearing on those two claims or attach the records that conclusively refute the claims. See Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.850(f).
AFFIRMED, in part; REVERSED, in part; REMANDED, with instructions. EDWARDS, C.J., and EISNAUGLE and SOUD, JJ., concur.
_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
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