Garcia v. State
Garcia v. State
Opinion of the Court
Alfredo Garcia appeals an order denying his motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.
As the record does not conclusively refute the claim of defendant-appellant Garcia that his trial counsel was ineffective for
The defendant contends that his adjudication as a habitual offender was erroneously based on a conviction in a circuit court case which belongs to another individual, not the defendant. The State concedes that this may be true as to the cited conviction. However, the defendant has a number of other prior felony convictions and the record demonstrates that he qualifies as a habitual offender. Consequently the defendant is not entitled to relief from his habitual offender adjudication.
The defendant’s other points are without merit.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded for further proceedings consistent herewith.
The crime date was March 18, 1999, which was prior to the date of the abolition of voluntary intoxication as a defense. See § 775.051, Fla. Stat. (1999); ch. 99-174, § 2, Laws of Fla.
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