HATTON v. STATE

No. 2D12-3216.

114 So.3d 1090 (2013)

John R. HATTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Matthew McLaughlin , Clearwater, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sonya Roebuck Horbelt , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


SILBERMAN, Chief Judge.

In this postconviction appeal, John R. Hatton seeks review of the orders summarily denying his claim of newly discovered evidence and denying two claims of ineffective assistance of counsel after an evidentiary hearing. The postconviction court's determination that counsel's decisions were strategic and its corresponding denial of relief on the two claims after a hearing were proper. Although the court correctly determined that the newly discovered...

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