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James M. Newton v. State
201 So. 3d 1243
| Fla. Dist. Ct. App. | 2016
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*1 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 JAMES M. NEWTON,

Appellant, v. Case No. 5D16-1352 STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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Opinion filed October 21, 2016

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court

for Citrus County,

Richard A. Howard, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and

Brittany N. O'Neil, Assistant Public

Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,

Tallahassee, and Marjorie Vincent-Tripp,

Assistant Attorney General, Daytona

Beach, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

James M. Newton appeals the summary denial of all fourteen grounds raised in his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We affirm as to Grounds One through Seven and Grounds Nine through Eleven. We reverse the summary denial of Grounds Eight, Twelve, Thirteen, and Fourteen, and *2 remand for attachment of portions of the record refuting each of these grounds 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.”).

AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED in part, and REMANDED.

ORFINGER, TORPY and BERGER, JJ., concur.

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Case Details

Case Name: James M. Newton v. State
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Oct 21, 2016
Citation: 201 So. 3d 1243
Docket Number: 5D16-1352
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
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