Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2009

Lewis v. State

Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided October 14, 2009 · No. 3D08-585 · Ramirez, Shepherd, Suarez

25 So. 3d 6; 2009 Fla. App. LEXIS 15565; 2009 WL 3271146 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

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Woods v. State (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2009)

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Lee A. Lewis appeals the denial of his motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing. We affirm the trial court’s ruling in all respects, except Lewis’ claim number 10 that counsel was ineffective for failing to challenge a corrupted witness at trial. The State concedes that under Spera v. State, 971 So.2d 754 (Fla. 2007), this claim was legally insufficient. The proper procedure is to strike the claim with leave to amend. Lewis should therefore have an opportunity to amend this claim.

Affirmed in part, and reversed in part.

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