Jackson v. State
The Fourth District reviewed the summary denial of a rule 3.850 motion raising fifteen claims, where the trial court denied fourteen claims without attaching record support and later held an evidentiary hearing only on one claim. The court held that records generated nearly a year later during that evidentiary hearing could not retroactively justify the earlier summary denials, and it declined the State's invitation to apply the tipsy coachman doctrine using the now-expanded record. Following the Third District's Pierre decision, the court affirmed denial of several claims supported by the existing record but reversed and remanded seven claims for further consideration by the trial court in the first instance.
Key facts
- Defendant Jackson sought postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, raising fifteen ineffective assistance of counsel and other claims.
- The trial court summarily denied fourteen claims without attaching supporting record excerpts, then held an evidentiary hearing on only one claim, generating new records nearly a year after the summary denials.
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Why it matters
This opinion gives Florida criminal practitioners a clear rule for postconviction appeals: the State cannot rely on a tipsy coachman argument built from records that postdate the summary denial order, such as… — full analysis with a trial
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