Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2008

Spurgeon v. State

Spurgeon v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided August 20, 2008 · Allen, Barfield, Thomas
988 So. 2d 1224; 2008 Fla. App. LEXIS 15047; 33 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. D 2008 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Spurgeon v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Appellant seeks review of the trial court’s summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Appellant claims that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move to suppress the appellant’s statements to a police officer given without Miranda1 warnings, mi-sadvising the appellant that he should not testify because if he chose to testify he would lose the right to the final closing argument at trial, and in conceding the appellant’s guilt in closing arguments. We affirm as to the denial of appellant’s third claim without further discussion. However, because his first two claims are facially sufficient and not conclusively refuted by record attachments, we reverse for further proceedings. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850(d).

*1225Accordingly, we affirm m part, reverse in part, and remand.

BARFIELD, ALLEN, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

. Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966).

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