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981 So. 2d 554

Docket No. 4D07-3312.

Steffen v. State

Joseph STEFFEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided April 30, 2008.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 2008.

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 2008-04-30

Relies on Spera v. State

Decided 2008-04-30

¶1Joseph Steffen, Crestview, pro se.

¶2No appearance required for appellee.

¶3PER CURIAM.

¶4Joseph Steffen appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief in which he alleged eleven grounds for relief. We affirm as to all grounds except his claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate an involuntary intoxication defense. As to that ground, his allegations are legally insufficient, and under the rule of Spera v. State,971 So.2d 754 (Fla.2007), he is entitled to one opportunity to amend that claim, and that claim alone.

¶5Affirmed in part; reversed in part.

¶6STONE, WARNER and GROSS, JJ., concur.

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