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Ulrick Watson v. State of Florida, 16-2571 (2016)

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida Number: 16-2571 Visitors: 12
Filed: Dec. 21, 2016
Latest Update: Mar. 03, 2020
Summary: IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA ULRICK WATSON, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Appellant, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D16-2571 STATE OF FLORIDA, CORRECTED PAGES: pg 1 CORRECTION IS UNDERLINED IN RED Appellee. MAILED: December 22, 2016 BY: KMS _/ Opinion filed December 16, 2016. An appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Duval County. Russell L. Healey, Judge. Ulrick Watson, pro se, Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Atto
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                                       IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                                       FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

ULRICK WATSON,                         NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                       FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
      Appellant,                       DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

v.                                     CASE NO. 1D16-2571

STATE OF FLORIDA,                          CORRECTED PAGES: pg 1
                                           CORRECTION IS UNDERLINED IN
                                           RED
      Appellee.
                                           MAILED: December 22, 2016
                                           BY: KMS
_____________________________/

Opinion filed December 16, 2016.

An appeal from an order of the Circuit Court for Duval County.
Russell L. Healey, Judge.

Ulrick Watson, pro se, Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Charlie Lee, Assistant Attorney General,
Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

      The Appellant challenges the summary denial of his motion for post-

conviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We

affirm the denial of ground one. In ground two, Appellant alleges a claim of

ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and a claim of ineffective assistance of

trial counsel. The trial court properly denied the claim of ineffective assistance of

appellate counsel as that claim is not cognizable in a rule 3.850 motion. See Fla. R.
App. P. 9.141(d)(3) (“Petitions seeking belated appeal or alleging ineffective

assistance of appellate counsel shall be filed in the appellate court to which the

appeal was or should have been taken”). However, Appellant also alleges that trial

counsel was ineffective for failing to call witnesses and that trial counsel was the

reason he lost at trial. This specific claim was never addressed by the trial court.

Thus, we reverse and remand for the trial court to address the ineffective assistance

of trial counsel claim. See Gonzalez v. State, 
829 So. 2d 323
(Fla. 2d DCA 2002)

(affirming denial of post-conviction in part, but reversing and remanding for trial

court to rule on issue not addressed in order).

      AFFIRMED in part, REVERSED and REMANDED in part, with directions.

WOLF, BILBREY, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.




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