THOMAS SWANSON, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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The court affirmed the denial of postconviction relief for trial court error claims but reversed and remanded to allow the appellant to amend facially insufficient ineffective assistance of counsel claims.
Claims of trial court error are not cognizable in a Rule 3.850 postconviction motion and must be raised on direct appeal, but facially insufficient ineffective assistance of counsel claims must be remanded for amendment.
[1] Claims of trial court error are not cognizable in a Rule 3.850 postconviction relief motion and must instead be raised on direct appeal.
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PER CURIAM.
Appellant seeks review of the trial court’s order summarily denying his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. He alleges that he is entitled to postconviction relief due to trial court error and ineffective assistance of his trial counsel. Appellant’s claim of trial court error is not cognizable in a motion for postconviction relief. See Hodges v. State, 885 So. 2d 338, 366 (Fla.2004) (holding that claims of trial court error should be raised on direct appeal, not in a rule 3.850 motion); Gorham v. State, 521 So. 2d 1067, 1070 (Fla.1988) (holding that any claim of error regarding jury instructions given by the court should have been raised on direct appeal, and was not cognizable in rule 3.850 motion). We, therefore, affirm on this issue. However, his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel are facially insufficient. See Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 691-92, 104 S.Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). In accordance with Spera v. State, 971 So. 2d 754 (Fla.2007), we reverse and remand for the trial court to allow appellant the opportunity to amend his facially insufficient claims within a reasonable period of time.
AFFIRMED in part, and REVERSED and REMANDED, in part.
WOLF, LEWIS, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.
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- Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 (U.S. 1984)
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