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Summary: 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 DEXTER COWAN, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D17-3728 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _/ Opinion filed August 10, 2018 3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Nancy Maloney, Judge. Dexter Cowan, Raiford, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Squire T. Douglas, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for App
Summary: 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 DEXTER COWAN, Appellant, v. Case No. 5D17-3728 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _/ Opinion filed August 10, 2018 3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Brevard County, Nancy Maloney, Judge. Dexter Cowan, Raiford, pro se. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Squire T. Douglas, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appe..
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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
DEXTER COWAN,
Appellant,
v. Case No. 5D17-3728
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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Opinion filed August 10, 2018
3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court
for Brevard County,
Nancy Maloney, Judge.
Dexter Cowan, Raiford, pro se.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Squire T. Douglas,
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona
Beach, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Dexter Cowan appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief
filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. Cowan raises seven grounds
of ineffective assistance of counsel. Because the record does not conclusively refute
Cowan's claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to call an expert witness to challenge
the conclusions made by the State's fingerprint expert, we reverse the summary denial of
Ground Five and remand for attachment of portions of the record conclusively refuting
this claim or for an evidentiary hearing. See Cox v. State,
189 So. 3d 221, 222 (Fla. 2d
DCA 2016); Ward v. State,
861 So. 2d 107, 107 (Fla. 1st DCA 2003); Baker v. State,
826
So. 2d 524, 525 (Fla. 4th DCA 2002). We affirm on all other grounds.
AFFIRMED in Part, REVERSED in Part, and REMANDED with Instructions.
PALMER, BERGER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.
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