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Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Mar 22, 2000
754 So. 2d 788 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

Opinion

No. 2D99-3986.

Opinion filed March 22, 2000.

Appeal pursuant to Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(i) from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough County; Robert J. Simms, Judge.


Kevin Williams appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

In his motion, Williams alleges he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because counsel failed to present evidence of his prior criminal convictions which would demonstrate he did not qualify for habitual offender sentencing. Previously, in Williams v. State, 734 So.2d 1131 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999), we reversed and remanded this case with directions to the trial court to provide record evidence refuting Williams' claim or to hold an evidentiary hearing. On remand, the trial court again summarily denied Williams' motion. Although the court's order references Williams' judgments and sentencing sheets in the previous cases, no copies of these documents were provided to this court for its review. Further, the trial court failed to specify which of Williams' prior convictions qualified him for sentencing as a habitual felony offender. We accordingly cannot determine whether Williams was properly sentenced as a habitual felony offender.

We therefore once again reverse and remand this case for attachments of documents that refute Williams' claim or for an evidentiary hearing.

Reversed and remanded.

THREADGILL, A.C.J., and CASANUEVA and DAVIS, JJ., Concur.


Summaries of

Williams v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District
Mar 22, 2000
754 So. 2d 788 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)
Case details for

Williams v. State

Case Details

Full title:KEVIN WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District

Date published: Mar 22, 2000

Citations

754 So. 2d 788 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2000)

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