Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

Fluckers v. State

Fluckers v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided March 10, 1999 · Cope, Fletcher, Green
731 So. 2d 722; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 2561; 1999 WL 123733 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Fluckers v. State

Concurring in Part

COPE, J.

(concurring in part and dissenting in part).

The record now before us does not conclusively refute that part of defendant-appellant’s Rule 3.850 motion in which he asserts that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to present a voluntary intoxication defense to the specific intent crime of burglary. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.140(i). I would remand for further proceedings on that issue as to the burglary charge only. See Bartley v. State, 689 So.2d 372 (Fla. 1st DCA 1997); Flores v. State, 662 So.2d 1350 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995); Young v. State, 661 So.2d 406 (Fla. 1st DCA 1995); Durden v. State, 657 So.2d 919 (Fla. 5th DCA 1995).

Appellant is not entitled to a hearing on the voluntary intoxication issue as relates to false imprisonment, because it is a general intent crime; the misdemeanor battery claim, which is immaterial in the scheme of things and the sentence has already been served; and the auto theft charge, because the evidence showed that the car had been stolen at an earlier date. I concur with the majority’s affirmance on the remaining issues.

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed.

GREEN and FLETCHER, JJ., concur.

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