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GRAY v. STATE

No. 1D06-5547.

972 So.2d 1066 (2008)

Steven GRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

January 24, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Daniels, Public Defender, and David P. Gauldin, Assistant Public Defender, Office of the Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Philip W. Edwards, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

We conclude that the trial court erred in denying the defendant's motion for postconviction relief under rule 3.850 of the Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. The lawyer representing the defendant at trial failed to provide adequate assistance of counsel by neglecting to request a jury instruction on the illicit nature of the substance, which was then an element of the crime of possession of marijuana. See Garcia v. State, 901...

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