JONES v. STATE

No. 2D07-1373.

9 So.3d 1282 (2009)

Michael Dale JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Paul C. Helm, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Susan D. Dunlevy, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


WHATLEY, Judge.

Michael Dale Jones appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In his motion, Jones raised three grounds, but in this appeal he addresses the denial of only one of those grounds.1 That ground was that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to move for discharge upon expiration of the speedy trial period. The trial court ruled that Jones failed...

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