Rondell Lyles v. State of Florida

• Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida
• Decided: March 18, 2026
• Docket: 3D2024-1483
• Status: Published

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed March 18, 2026. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D24-1483 Lower Tribunal No. F18-16901 ________________

Rondell Lyles, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Christine Hernandez, Judge.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Deborah Prager, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and David Llanes, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before MILLER, LOBREE and GOODEN, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Sochor v. State, 883 So. 2d 766, 771–72 (Fla. 2004) (“When we review a circuit court’s resolution of a Strickland claim . . . we

apply a mixed standard of review because both the performance and the

prejudice prongs of the Strickland test present mixed questions of law and

fact. We defer to the circuit court’s factual findings, but we review de novo

the circuit court’s legal conclusions.” (citations omitted)); Griffin v. State, 639

So. 2d 966, 968 (Fla. 1994) (“[Evidence which is inextricably intertwined with

the crime charged] is admissible under section 90.402 because ‘it is a

relevant and inseparable part of the act which is in issue. . .. [I]t is necessary

to admit the evidence to adequately describe the deed.’” (quoting Charles

W. Ehrhardt, Florida Evidence § 404.17 (1993 ed))).