Amador Maldonado v. State

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: June 25, 2018
• Docket: 5D18-17
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

AMADOR MALDONADO,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D18-17

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed June 29, 2018

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Leticia J. Marques, Judge.

Amador Maldonado, Crawfordville, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Amador Maldonado appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction

relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm as to Grounds

One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Seven, and Eight. However, because the record does not

conclusively refute Maldonado’s claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to

investigate and call witnesses, we reverse the summary denial of Ground Six and remand for attachment of portions of the record conclusively refuting that claim or for an

evidentiary hearing. See Freeman v. State, 761 So. 2d 1055, 1061 (Fla. 2000) ("[A]

defendant is entitled to an evidentiary hearing on a postconviction relief motion unless (1)

the motion, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the prisoner is entitled to

no relief, or (2) the motion or a particular claim is legally insufficient." (citing Maharaj v.

State, 684 So. 2d 726 (Fla. 1996))).

AFFIRMED in part; REVERSED in part; and REMANDED.

SAWAYA, BERGER and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.