Florida District Courts of Appeal, 2012

Ward v. State

Ward v. State
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided June 8, 2012 · Lawson, Monaco, Palmer
89 So. 3d 1083; 2012 WL 2051085; 2012 Fla. App. LEXIS 9202 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Ward v. State

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Blake Alexander Ward, was convicted of attempted second degree murder, and this court affirmed the judgment and sentence associated with that case. See Ward v. State, 17 So.3d 1243 (Fla. 5th DCA 2009). He now appeals the summary denial of the first two grounds of his amended rule 3.850 motion alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Because ground two, which deals with the potential witness, Ms. Canty, is not facially invalid and is not conclusively refuted by the record, we reverse and remand for an eviden-tiary hearing to allow the trial court to consider ground two of Mr. Ward’s amended motion. We otherwise affirm.

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.

PALMER, MONACO and LAWSON, JJ., concur.

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