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853 So. 2d 1101

Smith v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided August 27, 2003

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2003-08-27

Decided 2003-08-27

PER CURIAM.

¶1Appellant, Leonard Jerome Smith, appeals the trial court order summarily denying his motion for post-conviction relief alleging eight claims of ineffective assistance of trial counsel. We affirm as to claims one through seven, but reverse and remand as to ground eight.

¶2Appellant argues that counsel was ineffective in advising him not to testify at trial. The trial court’s attachment of portions of the record identified in the state’s response did not conclusively refute this claim. We therefore reverse and remand for an evidentiary hearing on ground eight.

¶3Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.

STONE, KLEIN and TAYLOR, JJ., concur.
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