SWAILS v. STATE

No. 1D03-0024.

857 So.2d 941 (2003)

Nora Christine SWAILS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 7, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nora Christine Swails, pro se.

Charlie Crist, Attorney General; Elizabeth Fletcher Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.


WOLF, C.J.

Nora Christine Swails appeals the denial of her motion made pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 in which she raises numerous claims of ineffective assistance of counsel relating to her plea of nolo contendere to first degree murder. Although we affirm the denial of seven of those claims, we find that the third claim raises a facially sufficient allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel for failure to investigate defenses relating...

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