Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

Oliver v. State

Oliver v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 26, 1999 · Allen, Nortwick, Webster
729 So. 2d 491; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 3833; 1999 WL 164086 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Oliver v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant’s motion for post-conviction relief raised facially sufficient claims that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to realize that voluntary intoxication was a defense to the crimes of burglary and grand theft and for failing to pursue such a defense even though there were several witnesses who would have testified to his intoxication on the day of the offenses. These claims were not refuted by the trial court’s order and the attachments thereto. McKinney v. State, 722 So.2d 933, 24 Fla. L. Weekly D35 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998); Hester v. State, 23 Fla. L. Weekly D1567, — So.2d -, 1998 WL 323517 (Fla. 1st DCA, June 22, 1998). We reverse that portion of the order denying these claims, and the cause is remanded for attachment of records conclusively refuting these claims or for an evidentiary hearing. The remainder of the order is affirmed.

ALLEN, WEBSTER and VAN NORTWICK, JJ., CONCUR.

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